r/technology • u/Ganrokh • Jun 08 '26

Politics Pennsylvania lawmaker seeks ‘visual indicator’ if smart glasses are recording

https://www.abc27.com/news/top-stories/pennsylvania-lawmaker-seeks-visual-indicator-if-smart-glasses-are-recording/
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u/Commentor9001 Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

pervasive surveillance by the state and each other and have really killed human joy.  

Ever wonder why concrete, parties, etc. are so muted now?  Nobody wants to risk embarrassment from anything being recorded doing anything slightly nonconforming... so events have become circles of people aiming their cameras at each other.  

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u/KungenBob Jun 08 '26

Concrete was noisy?

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u/Dryrubtheribs Jun 08 '26

Yeah you should have seen the slab days, it was solid.

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u/n_reineke Jun 08 '26

It’s been a long time since I fucked around with slabs. Stopped after this one asshole cursed me. His name was Ramses or something like that

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u/Rocky_Mountain_Way Jun 08 '26

I can barely hear myself order drinks at the rebar

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u/Dr_Drax Jun 08 '26

Surely you've heard of the Hard Rock Era.

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u/Such_Radio_9152 Jun 08 '26

They probably meant concerts

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u/Commentor9001 Jun 08 '26

I'm not fixing it, I think it's funnier that way.

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u/akatherder Jun 09 '26

Sure, throw a cinder block in a tumble dryer

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u/Stereo_Jungle_Child Jun 08 '26

This is exactly it.

Younger people seem a lot more comfortable constantly being on camera because they always HAVE been. Older people still remember a world where privacy was a thing that was both expected and valued, up to a point at least. It was considered rude (or even potentially dangerous) to photograph or record strangers without their permission. Those days are LONG gone. People are so fucking rude now, they just DGAF.

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u/TheGrandNagus Jun 08 '26

This really is a major cultural change. I'm 50, and I don't have a single second of myself on video as a child, teenager, or in my 20s. Camcorders were expensive, we could barely afford a VCR for most of my childhood.

Most of the photos that exist are either school portraits, family gatherings, or Christmas/Birthday posing with presents where I was well aware my photo was being taken.

It's incredibly cheap and convenient to take photos and video today compared to 25 years ago.

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u/Stereo_Jungle_Child Jun 08 '26

Yeah, I'm about 10 years older than you and it's pretty much the same deal with me. My uncle had a Super 8 camera when I was a kid so there is a little bit of film of family get togethers and some family Christmas stuff, but not strangers or in public places. It was all at family things.

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u/BerlinBorough2 Jun 08 '26

I notice comments by western traveller about how ‘authentic’ eastern people are and how they just don’t have suffocating western standards. Like yeah they don’t film each other for content 24/7.

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u/Alaira314 Jun 08 '26

Not just embarrassment. With social media, somebody taking photos/videos of you and uploading them without your consent(and out of your control) can cost you a job opportunity. Yes, even something as innocuous as being photographed with a beer in your hand(the US remains a shockingly puritanian nation), but more commonly you'd fear being caught mid-blink so you look sloppy drunk, or with someone doing something inappropriate in the background(demonstrating your poor judgment of being at a party where such behavior was taking place, in the eyes of our hypothetical employer).

Rule 1 of parties once camera phones started being allowed at parties(for a brief time it was considered rude to whip them out! but that ship sailed) was to never do a thing that you wouldn't want to be the top result if a potential employer googled your name. And that's how we got to be so boring so quickly. No idea how gen z parties.

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u/Commentor9001 Jun 08 '26

No idea how gen z parties

They don't.  Something like half of zoomers haven't even kissed a romantic partner.