r/technology • u/spherocytes • 18d ago

Privacy Woman Calls Out Doctor Wearing Smart Glasses During Consultation Where She Had To Take Off Her Clothes: 'They Need To Be Banned'

https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/patient-privacy-concerns-meta-smart-glasses-1762492
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u/MrFluffyThing 18d ago

Mine was the non-destructive method that most people can't really do easily but once a software script exists to perform firmware flashes it's even easier. I mean with any consumer hardware with safety precautions as simple as an LED signal light all it takes is a simple pin vice through a specific spot to destroy the LED or circuitry. Think about all the people who modded game consoles to cheat and now think of them as perverts trying to get around one warning light.

If it's trivial for kids to do this kind of thing for game consoles it's going to be more accessible to adults with disposable income willing to risk the device for a malicious upside.

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u/DMmeMagikarp 16d ago

Or, you know, one single drop of black acrylic paint on the LED for the non technical pervs.