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I think it’s unlikely people will be roaming the streets with these on, and I’m unclear why this is a challenge specific to the Vision Pro? In most jurisdictions if you’re in a public place you can’t prevent anyone filming you.

You’ve got a strong signal you might be filmed with the Vision Pro in the form of a gigantic headset, if you’re that worried avoid people with them on.

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This is naive. Let's say you go to a restaurant and the waiter has the headset on. Or you go to a theater and the doorman has one. I would like to have a way to communicate directly that I don't appreciate being filmed without asking.

What in the world would a waiter or a doorman be using this for while on the job? Also, you are already being filmed at the restaurant, or the theater entrance. If you enter someone's property they don't need your permission to film you.

> If you enter someone's property they don't need your permission to film you.

Not particularly relevant to the question here, but worth mentioning that there are exceptions for places with an expectation of privacy, such as bathrooms and lodging rentals (hotel rooms, interior space of an Airbnb, etc.).

Show a "I don't want to be filmed" sentence encoded in a QR code on your t-shirt and enforce legally that unless you a specific license you have to shut your camera.

Aka real-life "do not track" header ?

I would leave that restaurant and not enter that theater.

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