Show Notes
Meta just shipped a pair of smart glasses with no camera — a change that both David and The Verge's Victoria Song are excited about. But these glasses, like the new product from Amazon Bee and seemingly everything else now, are still ready and willing to record the world around you at all times. What do we do in a world where everything, everywhere, might be recording? And can tech companies figure out a way to make us feel better about it?
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Prep your cart before iPhone Duo preorders open tomorrow
OpenAI agrees not to use trade secrets it allegedly took from Apple
Your secrets aren’t safe with this cute robot toy — they’re on Chinese servers ready to be hacked
I don’t miss the camera on the Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses
Amazon’s always-listening Bee wearable can now help you buy stuff
We can’t just change the definition of ‘recording’
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