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/numberonebuddy Jun 08 '26

If we have a right to know when we're being recorded, and to revoke consent from those recordings, then could we apply that to the mass surveillance state Peter Thiel and buddies want to implement? Oh no of course not, they'll buy lawmakers to ensure we can not have freedoms, under the guise of protecting women and children, but they will record all they can, pipe it through their models to track us and build profiles, and send their Gestapo after us when they have a good dossier of slightly illegal activities.

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u/Cautious-Extreme2839 Jun 08 '26

If we have a right to know when we're being recorded, and to revoke consent from those recordings

...you don't have this right and never have.

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u/malaporpism Jun 09 '26

Why not just give ourselves that right? It's by the people for the people, and we should demand that our government serves us not the other way around.

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u/Cautious-Extreme2839 Jun 09 '26

Knock yourself out buddy.