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I think the only way will be the tech getting too useful for the complaints to matter. Currently it's only marginally useful. Otherwise this irrational reaction

by hgoel 2mo ago

I think the only way will be the tech getting too useful for the complaints to matter. Currently it's only marginally useful. Otherwise this irrational reaction will continue. Would help for the tech to come from companies with less awful reputations. Alternatively, maybe the solution will be some sort of device signature embedded into the video data at the hardware level so that videos are traceable to the person that recorded them. To me the main annoyance is that XR glasses partially rely on cameras to enable things like 6DOF tracking and hand tracking. Having that use conflated with people trying to secretly record others is pretty annoying.

aqme28 2mo ago
To be clear, I don’t think this reaction is irrational at all. I’m curious though why you do.
- hgoel 2mo ago
  This kind of discrete recording capability already is so widespread and accessible. Amazon is full of these kinds of devices, tiny "AI" audio recorders, pens with hidden cameras etc. They don't even require much technical competency. People also walk around with their phones out so often. There's no way for you to know that they aren't recording. E.g. someone could easily be pretending to use their phone when climbing stairs while actually taking upskirt shots with the front camera. Social media is also already full of people shamelessly recording others in situations where they would not want to be recorded. Actual perverts have little reason to use these glasses specifically, and as mentioned in my previous post, the cameras have utility other than recording others.
  - alickz 2mo ago
    Yeah that was my reaction too If you're a pervert, you wouldn't want the victim to know you're recording them If you don't want someone to know you're recording them, you wouldn't wear the famous Recording Glasses But I don't know, maybe I'm overestimating the average pervert
  - aqme28 2mo ago
    I think it’s rational to say “I don’t want this bad thing that exists to be more ubiquitous.”

by hgoel 2mo ago

aqme28 2mo ago

To be clear, I don’t think this reaction is irrational at all. I’m curious though why you do.

hgoel 2mo ago
This kind of discrete recording capability already is so widespread and accessible. Amazon is full of these kinds of devices, tiny "AI" audio recorders, pens with hidden cameras etc. They don't even require much technical competency. People also walk around with their phones out so often. There's no way for you to know that they aren't recording. E.g. someone could easily be pretending to use their phone when climbing stairs while actually taking upskirt shots with the front camera. Social media is also already full of people shamelessly recording others in situations where they would not want to be recorded. Actual perverts have little reason to use these glasses specifically, and as mentioned in my previous post, the cameras have utility other than recording others.
- alickz 2mo ago
  Yeah that was my reaction too If you're a pervert, you wouldn't want the victim to know you're recording them If you don't want someone to know you're recording them, you wouldn't wear the famous Recording Glasses But I don't know, maybe I'm overestimating the average pervert
- aqme28 2mo ago
  I think it’s rational to say “I don’t want this bad thing that exists to be more ubiquitous.”