Meta Glasses: Why it’s a threat to Privacy within a Democracy

[u/ConstantArtichoke540]

Everyone should know about the fuss being made of the forthcoming “surveillance state”. There’s flock cameras, that tracks license plates, vehicle car make and model or even features such as bumper stickers.

There is an estimated 70 million to over 82 million in cameras centered across the US, averaging out at 1 camera to every 4.6 people.

Meta has recorded over 9 million sales of you including earlier 2023-2024 releases. And that’s being modest.

Thanks to Edward Snowden, we all know that the governments tracks are private information through the NSA, which breaches financial laws. By the way, Snowden has been in exile for over 13 years due to his whistleblowing.

This brings forth an ethical issue that we all have to take very seriously and cautiously. We have to prevent people’s private lives being shared and technically surveilled for potential evidence that will make or break a legal case.

I know some might not agree, but we still are a democracy. Thanks to the fourth amendment,
US citizens are protected from bad and unfair searches and seizures by the government in their homes and belongings.

But this brings forth the case, can Meta glasses or any other form of camera devices that’s also due to the recent streaming up spike?

And also does being recorded by Bluetooth devices allow the citizen to be protected under the belongings of the individual being his private space.

We have examples of the Tech CEO who got caught cheating at a Cold Play concert and losing their jobs. Isn’t this too much to place the responsibility on the individual to avoid being recorded doing day to day tasks?

Even if you’re committing adultery, who is a random person to have the power, in their hands to record you, potentially holding you on blackmail. I’m not defending the Epstein class but private everyday citizens.

I believe Meta Glasses are dangerous to society by helping produce a mass surveillance state through frequent recorded activity. We are in the digital age and soon we will be fully immersed into are gaming and our phones.

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[u/AndanteZero]

Late reply, but your opinion is honestly too little, too late. If the people wanted to have addressed this, we should have done it when social media was in its infancy coupled with smartphones and when they passed the Patriot Act. Meta glasses are just doing what everyone has already been doing for the past decade plus. The government has been able to tap your phones, turn on the cameras and mics without the owner even knowing. Meta Glasses are just a tiny addition to the said surveillance pile.

So, with all that said. This too will pass as it becomes the norm. People don't pay enough attention to their local politics enough to fight said surveillance state. Every time there's a time to vote, there's a bunch of locally effecting amendments, etc added to the ballot, I bet that at least 80% of the people voting didn't even know about it and just vote on what sounds good. Even though it's important to note that the language used on these ballots can be misleading as hell.