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Glasses with a camera should be legislated away with specific narrow exceptions for e.g. safety in certain industrial tasks.

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Because smart glasses, that flash a light and make a loud noise when taking a picture, are more invasive than phones literally everywhere? Or street billboards with built in cameras?

Or how about dash cams in cars? CCTV cameras on ATMs as you walk down the street?

"why would murder be illegal? people get killed all the time. are you going to outlaw cars because you can run over someone? murder laws make no sense."

kids these days. geez.

The point is, smart glasses (which to be clear only take a picture when a button is pressed, just like any other camera people own) are not different than any other camera.

Also in the US there is no legal expectation of privacy on public streets. Plenty of public facing webcams are available for viewing.

Passing a law regulating the shape of a camera body is just stupid. Outlawing camera glasses makes less sense than outlawing camera flowers.

You're right, sweeping laws should be passed that widely restrict when and where cameras are legal and how they can be used.

Reframe this to accommodate for the prevalence and general expectations of where cameras exist.

Many people walk around with a mobile device out, essentially carrying a device with (increasingly) close to a 360 camera view. Cameras are ubiquitous and targeting one niche device is a waste of time and effort.

Sounds like a lobbyist pitch from Big Camera Glasses

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