Fortunately someone is talking about smart glasses and blind people, in mainstream media. This matter must be taken seriously.
Today I quoted someone who said "no one worries so much of camera equipped phones" but about glasses, there is a huge difference: glasses can be kept always on, with camera recording. Take a pic and film someone is matter of a second.
But the message that has not passed, is that they are not spying/recording by default (or the battery would be drained).
I have tried them with an app called "scribe me" yesterday, with a live assistant describing objects around me. And, having video always on, drains the battery drastically. That's why I find NO SENSE in keeping them always turned on! Can I say that paradoxically I feel more scared by extreme anti-glasses movement, than about glasses themselves?
Being protecting and defending our privacy is a duty. But, it would be better done being aggressive towards the companies, claiming more privacy respect, not against single users making their lives impossible. Banning glasses from school, for example, is a barrier against blind students (and teachers).
We need more protection, we ask it.
Blind and visually impaired people fear smart glasses backlash https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmx2qlz7ney2o
Elena Brescacin
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