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Aussie here, I don't think that this is a bad move at all. The meta glasses are at a price point that makes them rarely seen in the wild, however Kmart (yes it still exists here, but different owners) has recently had a sale of $20 "recording glasses" that can easily have their recording LED turned off and with a few modifications you wouldn't even know they had a camera.
I can understand them doing this in government facilities, as some won't even allow you to have your phone in certain spaces.
I do think with tigher guardrails (detection of environments, like if a set of meta glasses enter a restroom or what looks like a restroom it should disable recording entirely.) it could be allowed but we really don't need to encourage kids that secret recordings are ok.
How would you implement it? On a glass that the user controls (root), it would be impossible. Of course, I do not like bathroom recordings, but there's no sane way to block them.
sure there is, ban them.
it'd be insane to simply throw your hands up and say 'well can't do anything about it'. stop giving the creeps better creeping tools.
And I would NOT be opposed to banning the glasses. I would be opposed to forcing nonfree AI on the users, because that would make them lose control.
no one brought up this canard so stop distracting.
They are already mostly banned, but software is not the right way to enforce that.
agreed, make them illegal to import and fine anyone violating that law.