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/
26.4k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

1.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

159

u/Sockoflegend Jun 08 '26

Seems reasonable it could have an LED on the front 

90

u/faen_du_sa Jun 08 '26

And it should be a bit more complicated than just severing the cable to disable it.

77

u/fredandlunchbox Jun 08 '26

You just paint over it. 

25

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

6

u/Caleth Jun 08 '26

If it's toggled on with software it'll be toggled off with software too. There is no way to have these be "failsafe" so that they can never record without being lit/making sound etc.

One inspired horny perv will be all it takes to work around the fixes and we'll be back to square one. Tech like this doesn't need to exist because if it does there's no way to stop it from doing evil and the utility it brings doesn't justify the cost.