Google's Smart Glasses Are A Privacy Disaster

About this episode

The episode discusses Google's new smart glasses platform and its implications for privacy.

Google has announced Android XR it's new smart glasses platform, we'll dive into why this is such a threat to your privacy and why this announcement is so significant, Join us for This Week In Privacy #54! (00:00) - Intro (00:43) - Start of podcast (01:11) - Google smart glasses are coming this fall (27:52) - The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers (41:54) - Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI (56:41) - Site updates (01:04:28) - Discord rolls out end-to-end encryption on voice, video calls (01:30:37) - Poland urges officials to ditch Signal for state-run messaging apps (01:52:02) - Forum updates (02:06:24) - Q&A (02:30:28) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★

Topics covered

• smart glasses
• privacy
• technology
• license plate readers
• encryption
• state-run messaging

Keywords

• Google
• smart glasses
• privacy
• Android XR
• FBI
• license plate readers
• encryption
• Discord
• Signal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, FBI, Discord, Signal, AI

Products: Android XR

Places: Poland

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