Except if you think about it, this is possible with smartphones too. They have cameras in the front and the back. The phone just has to be vertical. But docks and holders take care of that. The only thing left is the camera to be recording. Sure there are permission systems. But they’re all software. No physical switches or indicators for safety. You won’t know even if it’s recording. And if it’s recording, it will uploading it just as easily. We’re addicted to a spy device.
Some phones do have hardware switches, but they’re certainly the exception.
Whether our phones are surreptitious spy devices when they’re oriented correctly and have adversarial software running is very different from, “I’m going to buy always-on camera glasses and send the data to one of the most untrustworthy companies on the planet,” the latter of which was my point.
Well yeah. The people who buy these things are disturbing individuals. Kinda goes with the territory.
Except if you think about it, this is possible with smartphones too. They have cameras in the front and the back. The phone just has to be vertical. But docks and holders take care of that. The only thing left is the camera to be recording. Sure there are permission systems. But they’re all software. No physical switches or indicators for safety. You won’t know even if it’s recording. And if it’s recording, it will uploading it just as easily. We’re addicted to a spy device.
Some phones do have hardware switches, but they’re certainly the exception.
Whether our phones are surreptitious spy devices when they’re oriented correctly and have adversarial software running is very different from, “I’m going to buy always-on camera glasses and send the data to one of the most untrustworthy companies on the planet,” the latter of which was my point.