Pennsylvanian lawmakers want new smart glasses safety rules — and for once a government is making a sensible…
- Lawmakers in Pennsylvania want new smart glasses rules
- A proposed bill would mandate that glasses display when they are recording video or audio
- This comes after reports that modders are disabling this feature on Meta Ray-Bans for a price
Last week, I covered reports of, let’s face it, creeps who have been modifying their smart glasses (typically Meta Ray-Bans) to secretly record video and snap photos — by disabling the safety light that flashes when the glasses’ camera is in use. Now, Pennsylvania lawmakers want to make private recording with smart glasses a crime.
Representative Joe Ciresi (D-Montgomery), has introduced a bill that would require smart glasses made, sold or used in his state to display a visual indicator (like a light) when the device is recording — though his bill would go beyond video and to audio as well.
Calling the bill’s rules “common-sense privacy safeguards” to prevent the...
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