Public Is Not Permission
Wearable smart glasses with built-in cameras are becoming more common in everyday life. While many people use technology responsibly, these devices can record video without the obvious signal of someone holding up a phone.
That shift matters.
For years, social norms developed around visible recording. You see a phone pointed at you — you know what’s happening. You can move away. You can object. You can protect yourself.
Wearable cameras change that dynamic.
Public space is not automatic consent to be filmed.
Nudity in certain communities is not permission to be posted online.
Private conversations in semi-public settings are not content.
As technology evolves, our standards around consent and respect need to evolve with it.
If you ever feel uncomfortable, you are allowed to ask:
“Are you recording? I don’t consent.”
If you discover yourself online without permission, document everything — screenshots, links, usernames — and report it immediately to the platform.
Businesses, event organizers, and community leaders should also be thinking proactively about clear policies around wearable recording devices. Protecting guests and patrons is part of modern responsibility.
This is not about fear.
It is about awareness.
It is about preserving trust in the spaces where we gather.
Technology moves fast.
Ethics must not fall behind.
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