"Smart glasses, like the newly revealed Meta Ray-Ban Displays, solve lots of problems. They can provide live translation and captions while chatting with a foreign friend, they can use provide turn-by-turn directions and a mini map so you don't get lost on the way to that new coffeeshop, they can take pictures so you're not fumbling with your phone while enjoying a sunset or nature walk."
"But they also create a lot of new, thorny issues that we're not yet sure how to handle as a society. An esthetician can covertly record her client's Brazilian wax. A student can cheat on their medical residency exam in plain sight. A hacker can put facial recognition software on their smart glasses in order to dox strangers. There is a huge, maybe insurmountable, problem with smart glasses that must be addressed: privacy."
Smart glasses such as Meta Ray-Ban Displays provide live translation, captions, turn-by-turn directions with mini maps, and hands-free photography for convenience. These devices enable seamless communication with foreign friends, reduce navigation errors, and allow capturing moments without using a phone. At the same time, smart glasses enable covert and harmful behaviors: an esthetician can secretly record intimate procedures, a student can cheat openly during exams, and a hacker can run facial recognition to identify and dox strangers. The combination of convenience and unobtrusive form factor creates a major privacy challenge that may be difficult to resolve.
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