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Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses
(www.brusselstimes.com)
this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2026
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Idk. Bans on recording someone in public without their consent, feel like a really difficult thing to properly enforce -- with or without the glasses. The number of people doing it with Smartphones already, in most jurisdictions at least, would make such a law's wide-spread enforcement seem implausible. And I mean, you're in a public area, so you sorta need to expect less privacy.... because it's in public?
Most places have laws on this. Often, it is legal to film/take photos, but not to focus on individuals.
Yeah, I'm not as fussed over having laws on books, but on whether those laws are realistically enforceable. Like I recall reading at some point that lots of jurisdictions in the states define things like Orgies as a group of three or more people in a private dwelling without shoes on, based on ancient prudish attempts to describe what goes on. That's a law that's "on the books", but practically unenforceable.
Same sort of thought pattern, to me, generally applies to the recording of people in public. It's practically implausible that govt can enforce it uniformly, and it's on the books just so they can 'throw another book' at a perp who's been arrested for far greater offenses. There are also potential issues with 'two party consent' type recording setups, where one party is wanting to document events for legitimate reasons (recording an interaction with police, to CYA).
Idk. People taking pictures / recording public 'things', doesn't seem like a practical area for privacy legislation to come in overly heavy handed on.
Also makes a difference if you publish those pictures or videos.