Voices, images, and videos of employees could also be captured by smart glasses. That carries a significant risk of privacy violations, and could make workers uncomfortable that their employers were tracking what they did or said during the average workday (if the devices were officially work authorised). — Bloomberg
Despite a slightly flubbed live demo, when Mark Zuckerberg revealed Meta’s new Ray-Ban Display smart glasses last week, the tech world marvelled at the spectacle. That’s because these pretty normal-looking specs, packing cameras, speakers, microphones, a connection to Meta’s AI systems, and a tiny display visible only to the wearer, might represent a long sought “next big thing” to succeed the smartphone: smart glasses.
But, just as camera phones and then smartphones upended many workplace norms when they arrived, a new report notes that AI-capable smart glasses may represent a giant and possibly unexpected legal threat to many workplaces. If your company doesn’t have a policy about the use of wearable tech in the office, it’s high time to draft one.
