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verandaguytoday at 3:37 AM1 replyview on HN

It can be simultaneously true that smart glasses are a technological marvel and a privacy nightmare.

It's also important to consider that while many places have some legal framework along the lines of "no reasonable expectation of privacy in public spaces," there's a social-psychological gap between that and the presumption of being constantly recorded, be it by other private individuals or governments.

Because of this, my view on this technology is that it's a net negative in society, and generally unhealthy.


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discordancetoday at 4:49 AM

I also feel for the unfortunate Kenyan annotators drawing and tagging rectangles of people using the toilet -

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/workers-report-watch...