<![CDATA[Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech.]]>Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech.

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/a34c58a0-1252-4388-9507-aa13074ca245/smart-glasses-with-cameras-and-microphones-built-in-and-facial-recognition-to-come-are-the-latest-fad-in-surveillance-tech.RSS for NodeSat, 01 Aug 2026 06:24:17 GMTWed, 08 Jul 2026 12:15:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:07:36 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker For me, it’s not the fact that these glasses exist that’s questionable, that’s just a normal technological development, but rather the question of why people are buying them, causing them to become mainstream and find their way into our everyday lives. What problem do they solve that would make me willing to give up my privacy and desperately hand over my hard-earned money to the big tech companies?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vundb/statuses/116889226872448213https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vundb/statuses/116889226872448213Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:07:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:21:08 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker so they are way beyond dashcams in cars and GoPro on bicycle helmets?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/peterbrown/statuses/116889044132457538https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/peterbrown/statuses/116889044132457538Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:21:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:49:34 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker @taylorlorenz I wonder if people know: As soon as anyone lands in Japan, their smartphone will not be able to take a photo without the shutter sound. It is built in for all smartphones in accordance with Japanese laws against perverts spying on women with their phones with the invention of cameras on phones.
I wonder if similar things can be done to require these kind of glasses to emit a loud shutter sound or something to alert people.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/leftsidestory/statuses/116888448182240573https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/leftsidestory/statuses/116888448182240573Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:49:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:41:54 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker I think I sent one a while ago! but I can look 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/yaelwrites/statuses/116888182091207969https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/yaelwrites/statuses/116888182091207969Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:41:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:05:33 GMT]]>@yaelwrites send in a snap, I would love to include! (I have long dropped my cybercat-only policy 😹)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/zackwhittaker/statuses/116887567279553155https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/zackwhittaker/statuses/116887567279553155Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:05:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:48:07 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker one day my cyberdog will be included

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/yaelwrites/statuses/116887498772167762https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/yaelwrites/statuses/116887498772167762Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:48:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:47:42 GMT]]>My hand-written cybersecurity newsletter ~ this week in security ~ goes out every Sunday with all of the major news you need to know from the week and much more, plus some levity in the happy corner of good things, and a reader-submitted cyber-cat. 🐈‍⬛

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/zackwhittaker/statuses/116887497143908828https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/zackwhittaker/statuses/116887497143908828Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:47:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:51:22 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker two questions… have people already begun developing portable ‘jamming’ devices and software? How long before it becomes readily available and affordable? And third, will it work in mobile smart phones?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nedhamson1/statuses/116886803762280481https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nedhamson1/statuses/116886803762280481Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:51:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:32:48 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker smut glasses

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JoBlakely/statuses/116886730746070525https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JoBlakely/statuses/116886730746070525Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:32:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:22:02 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker

My wife is blind. She uses smart glasses as assistive technology for her disability.

While I agree there is a pervert problem, hers is a legitimate use case for them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davidtheeviloverlord/statuses/116886688423750889https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davidtheeviloverlord/statuses/116886688423750889Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:22:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:24:17 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker Could also be called BC or birth control glasses as an INS agent embassy Moscow called his butt ugly glasses. When he bought them he said he wanted the ugliest glasses they had. They were pretty awful.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/karamazov1879/statuses/116885989456003958https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/karamazov1879/statuses/116885989456003958Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:24:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:48:50 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker

For these I suggest a "firewall".

Well, a mini one. Just being built...

Ok, a brick.

(add some gas and a lighter once the wall has done it's deed, to make the name fit)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/LordOfQuails/statuses/116885614136041541https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/LordOfQuails/statuses/116885614136041541Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:48:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:40:08 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker

The country that elected DJT will surely be lining up for a hot, fresh pair of Pedo Peepers. I expect them to be a smashing success in the USA.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116313284892040418/statuses/116885343979460542https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116313284892040418/statuses/116885343979460542Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:40:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:08:31 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker

Wearing these things seems like a great way to get a laser shined in your eyes. Hope the lenses are filtered.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/401matthall/statuses/116885219697225039https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/401matthall/statuses/116885219697225039Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:08:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:01:52 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker
Yes. A good label to shame them, but as you write this isn’t just about perversion: lewd images are readily available online. Doing it in person without consent is about exercising control. It’s a gateway drug to ultimate control, i.e., r*pe. For me, ‘pervert’ doesn’t quite capture the need to take, to control, to disregard another’s humanity. Oh look, I just listed 3 defining traits of Big Tech execs, the lewd ones and non-lewd alike.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kevinashworth/statuses/116885193495842819https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kevinashworth/statuses/116885193495842819Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:01:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:48:39 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker "jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers" has such a different meaning now

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/imaguid/statuses/116885141555344968https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/imaguid/statuses/116885141555344968Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:48:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:05:57 GMT]]>@gnaddrig @zackwhittaker yep the reasoning is that companies must have internal rules and policies to frame the use of those technologies and are responsible to protect the data if their employees. I agree with that part.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/116165160023083920/statuses/116884973665912814https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/116165160023083920/statuses/116884973665912814Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:05:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:08:27 GMT]]>Angry Rant:

@david @zackwhittaker I just think a HUD would be neat but assholes who don't give a fuck about consent now ruin that tech for another decade after the !

Pic is a cutscene screenshot from Halo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32wp-gaRX8Q&t=619s

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116306723250896134/statuses/116884747567264345https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116306723250896134/statuses/116884747567264345Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:08:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:03:35 GMT]]>@wowsuchcyber @zackwhittaker
That would mean the employer has to make sure things are done according to the GDPR, including explicit agreement of everyone recorded before the recording starts, I guess. So as soon as anyone in the office uses such glasses, report the company because there is no way this can be compliant.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gnaddrig/statuses/116884728380748963https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gnaddrig/statuses/116884728380748963Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:03:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:59:32 GMT]]>@kkarhan @zackwhittaker My glasses are wooden, so not 'usually' associated with high technology.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116884712511673891https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116884712511673891Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:59:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:56:10 GMT]]>@david @zackwhittaker most I know do, just to not be mistaken for a .

- Personally, the whole shitshow only delays me DIY'ing my own like ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAuwW7Wzrng

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116306723250896134/statuses/116884699258677446https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116306723250896134/statuses/116884699258677446Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:56:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:50:56 GMT]]>@zetabeta @zackwhittaker I'm a wuss - can't stand touching my own eyes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116884678648696860https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116884678648696860Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:50:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:50:21 GMT]]>@david @zackwhittaker
or contact lenses !

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/zetabeta/statuses/116884676395083204https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/zetabeta/statuses/116884676395083204Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:50:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:46:22 GMT]]>@zackwhittaker I wonder if this will cause a change in trends, with people going back to 'frameless' glasses too thin to house cameras.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116884660732541401https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.piconet.work/ap/users/116590538099479427/statuses/116884660732541401Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:46:22 GMT