Lawmakers are once again turning up the legal heat on smart glasses. Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Ciresi (D-Montgomery) has introduced a bill that would require every pair of smart glasses “manufactured, sold, and used” in the state to have a “visual indicator” that tells others when they’re recording.
Don’t care: light or not, I don’t want somebody pointing a camera at me at all times in a civilized society. If anything, this legislation could normalize creeps with cameras that are constantly pointed at you.
We haven’t even gotten to phase two of enshittification, and these things still haven’t exhibited value.
Unfortunately, we’re all getting used to having cameras pointed at us at all times. Ring cameras, flock cameras, tesla cameras, etc., etc. We already live in the Panopticon. There is no opt-out, and government personnel can access many if not all of these sources, and target specific people for chronic surveillance. Things will only get worse, unfortunately.