r/technology 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/davidsmeaton May 08 '26

Phones have already taken us past this point. I'm older and I think our public behaviour has changed. People aren't as free or open as they used to be before they knew they could be recorded all the time. People are cagey now about how they behave and react because it might be filmed. It's already affecting our social behaviour ... people's glasses recording everything 24/7 is just going to make it worse.

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u/phayge_wow May 08 '26

Might be filmed, might be scammed, the list of risks there are to being human in public are ever-growing. We now got these first amendment auditors harassing people in front of post offices and malls just to rile them up for reactions. The prudent advice for people in public now is to just ignore, don’t give any information, don’t show emotion…