Smart Glasses Are Catching on With U.S. Police
Smart glasses have managed to piss off a lot of different groups of people, like privacy advocates, celebrities, and women in general, but not everyone is averse, and it’s looking like you can count police officers among their fans. This isn’t the first use of smart glasses by police in the U.S., but it is part of a fairly new trend. In April, security journalist Ken Klippenstein reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing its own pair of smart glasses, which it plans to use for surveilling the U.S./Mexico border.
- ▪Smart glasses have managed to piss off a lot of different groups of people, like privacy advocates, celebrities, and women in general, but not everyone is averse, and it’s looking like you can count police officers among their fans.
- ▪This isn’t the first use of smart glasses by police in the U.S., but it is part of a fairly new trend.
- ▪In April, security journalist Ken Klippenstein reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing its own pair of smart glasses, which it plans to use for surveilling the U.S./Mexico border.
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Smart glasses have managed to piss off a lot of different groups of people, like privacy advocates, celebrities, and women in general, but not everyone is averse, and it’s looking like you can count police officers among their fans. According to a report from the Miami New Times, a local Florida-based paper, records obtained through Florida’s Sunshine laws (which mandate police records be kept public) show that at least two sheriff’s offices in South Florida have purchased Ray-Ban Meta AI…
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