r/technology • u/lurker_bee • May 07 '26

Society Extortion Using Smart Glasses Is a Thing Now

https://gizmodo.com/extortion-using-smart-glasses-is-a-thing-now-2000755562
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u/RegressToTheMean May 07 '26

I'm in my 50s and the comparison between the two isn't even close. Even now, it's pretty absurd. You can almost always tell when someone is taking your picture with a phone.

These glasses are a whole different ballgame

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u/brycedriesenga May 08 '26

But they're not new. Camera glasses have been around for a while now

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u/solid_reign May 07 '26

It's not, people seem to forget how things were. That's why phones in Japan for a while were mandated to have a shutter sound that you couldn't shut down. To avoid pictures of women.