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"There are now many more people walking the streets in Australia wearing
glasses that can subtly film and record the world around them. That’s in large
part thanks to Kmart, which recently introduced – and then rapidly sold out of
– cheap “camera glasses”.
These glasses are from Kmart’s in-house brand, Anko. They sell for only A$89 –
quite the discount from similar products offered by Meta and Ray-Ban, which
start at $337.
The push to make camera glasses a major consumer trend comes at a cost to the
privacy of the wearer, and everyone around them. We know little about what
happens with data from the devices, or who will see the images. Indeed, on
Friday, federal Attorney-General Michelle Rowland asked Australia’s privacy
commissioner to urgently review the technology.
So are current privacy laws strong enough to handle this new wave of wearable
tech?"
Via Muse.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
