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The irony of this is it's not hard to conceal cameras on people

The idea that something is technically possible but socially unacceptable is not irony. Concealing something socially unacceptable is not ironic. Expressing disapproval of someone openly breaking social norms is not inherently ironic. The idea society runs on trust is not ironic!

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The person you're responding was clearly just saying that it's funny how uncomfortable people were about being recorded by Google Glass, while covert methods of recording are not difficult but rarely worried about.

Take it easy - we know what was meant. No need to get pedantic about the definition of "irony."

>while covert methods of recording are not difficult but rarely worried about.

Unless you're a woman who's ever worn a skirt in public, gone to a gym, or used the changing room in a store.

...or a guy who's used the changing room in as store. What's so different about being a woman in that context?

Nothing, in theory. In reality, women are the ones who have to worry about change room cameras. There is definitely a disconnect there.

>while covert methods of recording are not difficult but rarely worried about.

Well, yes. Because they're...covert. People rarely worry about things they don't know exist.

hence the irony. Let's hate this thing we know about and can avoid, while ignoring the real threats to privacy.

But it's not the "thing we know about and can avoid" it's the thing we know about, and wish to push back on so that social norms don't change to find innocuous.

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