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Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social

I really do understand the privacy concerns of AR glasses. I also think that privacy as envisioned in the pre-net age is simply incoherent when applied to the modern world, and we all need to seriously rethink not just privacy, but really consider - who gets access to data?

aug 28, 2025, 9:20 am • 36 9

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Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social

The fact is that surveillance is both dirt cheap and easy to do at scale. And it can be done equally easily by public, state, and private actors. There is no putting that genie back into the bottle. And we shouldn't want to.

aug 28, 2025, 9:21 am • 2 0 • view
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Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social

The counterpart of surveillance is sousveillance - where we all can watch each other, at least in private. In large parts of the world, this can be already be done by those technically skilled enough to find unsecured webcams or poorly patched smarthomes.

aug 28, 2025, 9:23 am • 2 0 • view
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Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social

It seems to me that a world where this capability isnt limited to simply those with the technical skills to achieve it is preferable to the current one.

aug 28, 2025, 9:23 am • 2 0 • view