Cheating on exams, extortion, voyeurism, and even hacking... Connected glasses are nice, but they give ideas to the most twisted minds, now equipped with hidden cameras to commit their crimes. Such a headache for privacy that even governments are questioning how to regulate these devices. Thus, the Ministry of Digitization in Norway recently announced “stricter regulation” for connected glasses, and is asking the public and private sectors to think about their own guidelines.
Connected glasses: Norway targets facial recognition
“We can see that people’s privacy and confidentiality are being undermined by new technologies,” said Minister Karianne Tung. “I therefore want to regulate connected glasses and similar devices more strictly than today. This could, for example, involve banning features such as facial recognition of other people in public spaces.”Connected glasses: Europe is closely monitoring the situation
It should be noted that facial recognition does not yet exist today for this kind of product, even though Meta is actively working on the subject. Norway is therefore kicking things off, but perhaps soon the entire old continent will start dancing, since the European Data Protection Board is currently drawing up a report on the potential risks posed by connected glasses.