Tanya Plibersek says the government is reviewing the import of smartglasses, dubbed by some as “pervert glasses”.
She said she “absolutely” had a problem with the devices, speaking on Insiders.
double quotation markI think it is really concerning when tech companies just, come up with these products and release them without thought of how they can be misused. …
I don’t think it’s right to be able to walk up to someone and film an interaction without them knowing that the interactions being filmed.
Plibersek said the government was “considering very closely” limits on importing the glasses but did not specify what action was planned. She said:
double quotation markThe attorney general has asked the privacy commissioner to look specifically at these glasses, and the attorney general will have more to say about the import of the glasses soon.
