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Apple patent suggests privacy alerts for smart glasses
Apple has filed a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office titled 'Secure Audio Indicators For Electronic Devices'. The patent suggests the company is working on audio alerts that would sound…
The Story in Brief
Apple has filed a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office titled 'Secure Audio Indicators For Electronic Devices'. The patent suggests the company is working on audio alerts that would sound when smart glasses record video or audio, addressing privacy concerns about covert recording in public.
The technology would notify people nearby when the glasses' cameras or microphones are active. Apple's move follows growing unease over wearable devices that can record without consent. The patent does not guarantee a product launch but signals Apple's intent to build privacy safeguards into future smart glasses.
The Indian Opinion
Tech companies often file patents without ever releasing the product. Yet the noise around 'smart glasses recording you' borrows too heavily from dystopian sci-fi. The real test is not a patent but what Apple actually ships. Will the company make the indicator loud and unavoidable, or something that gets ignored? Only a working prototype, and its volume, will settle the debate.
Source: gadgets360.com
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