By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026And shame is such a shitty, gross emotion: it's the invasive thief of joy that shows up whenever things are bad for the purpose of making them worse. 1622
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026If there were some way to confine pervert glasses to helping people remember names, I'd be all over them. But when it comes to *actual, existing pervert-glasses*, the main purpose is to covertly capture strangers and shame them. 36511
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026And when (not if) these pervert glasses get hooked up to facial recognition, they will become high-volume doxing factories that will reward the attention-hungry with viral fame. 27413
Chris Miller @thelittlepakeha.net · 05/10/2026I'm significantly faceblind and yeah I'd only use them if they were very limited to only pulling names from a user-created database of people I personally know. Video creation and storage capability isn't needed, neither is identifying strangers. Just access my pre-tagged photos. 020
Thank You For Your Extension To This Antimatter @doczmail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Also, now, apparently to track Amazon delivery drivers all the way to your doorstep. Training delivery drones?techrepublic.comAmazon Plans 20,000+ Smart Glasses for Delivery Drivers in 2027Amazon plans more than 20,000 Smart Delivery Glasses by the end of 2027, bringing AI navigation and new privacy questions to its delivery network. 3156
