Op-Ed | The privacy price of smart glasses for the disabled is too high
Smart glasses with built-in AI and cameras offer significant benefits for individuals with visual or hearing impairments. However, potential users express concerns regarding the extensive data collection required by the technology. The op-ed examines the privacy trade-offs associated with these assistive devices.
Smart glasses, or glasses with built-in compute capacity, cameras, sound equipment, and AI integration, present breathtaking opportunities to improve the lives of those with visual or hearing impairments. But people who could benefit from this technology rightly have concerns about what happens to the vast amount of data the glasses will collect as they go...
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