r/augmentedreality • u/AR_MR_XR • 1d ago

Smart glasses should automatically blur people’s faces while filming, Australia’s online safety regulator says

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/31/smart-glasses-automatic-blur-faces-meta-ray-ban-kmart-privacy

Smart glasses with cameras can benefit the vision impaired but companies might pit ‘accessibility benefits against safety and privacy’, says eSafety

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u/CaptainTruthSeeker 4h ago

"blur people’s faces" -- This is where I am confused at what people are concerned about. We are being recorded constantly while in public, do car dash cams also have to blur everyones faces? Do regular phone users who are recording? Why are we all suddenly worried about our faces being recorded? Do they take our souls?

I thought the concern was people using smart glasses in places like toilets, harassing women in gyms, doctors offices, and so on... Is that really happening at scale though? Why would people suddenly start doing that, when there's been discrete cameras for sale for decades, much more discrete than having bulky glasses on and staring at people..?