{"id":24316,"date":"2026-08-08T11:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/08\/this-man-was-secretly-snapped-by-someone-with-smartglasses-hes-not-alone-in-calling-that-a-violation-of-privacy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:37:15","slug":"this-man-was-secretly-snapped-by-someone-with-smartglasses-hes-not-alone-in-calling-that-a-violation-of-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/08\/this-man-was-secretly-snapped-by-someone-with-smartglasses-hes-not-alone-in-calling-that-a-violation-of-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He\u2019s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The backlash to what some dub \u2018pervert glasses\u2019 is growing \u2013 but people living with disabilities point out the new tech can also be life-changing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One summer day earlier this year, Rhys left a cafe in Melbourne where he had been working remotely, when his phone pinged with a message on the dating app Grindr.<\/p>\n<p>The message was a photo of him sitting at a table outside the cafe on his laptop, with his dog seated on the ground next to him. In the foreground, in a man\u2019s hand was an iPhone unlocked.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/aug\/08\/ai-smartglasses-camera-film-privacy-consent\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fbf959ad6238a0fb4743a400b755c7834110ec22\/0_477_1600_1279\/master\/1600.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3ee1451ab2fe116cfcd61f4f3e404dcb\" title=\"This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He\u2019s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy\" \/>The backlash to what some dub \u2018pervert glasses\u2019 is growing \u2013 but people living with disabilities point out the new tech can also be life-changing<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<br \/>\nOne summer day earlier this year, Rhys left a cafe in Melbourne where he had been working remotely, when his phone pinged with a message on the dating app Grindr.<br \/>\nThe message was a photo of him sitting at a table outside the cafe on his laptop, with his dog seated on the ground next to him. In the foreground, in a man\u2019s hand was an iPhone unlocked. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The backlash to what some dub \u2018pervert glasses\u2019 is growing \u2013 but people living with disabilities point out the new tech can also be life-changing Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast One summer day earlier this year, Rhys left a cafe in Melbourne where he had been working remotely, when &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/08\/this-man-was-secretly-snapped-by-someone-with-smartglasses-hes-not-alone-in-calling-that-a-violation-of-privacy\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He\u2019s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24316"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}