Vission Impossible: If luxury learns to spy, what happens to trust?

When wearable tech becomes a weapon, privacy fades behind the mirrored lenses of fashion's new obsession-smart glasses that record without consent or consequence.

- Prasad Perera

Imagine this: You're walking along Galle Face Beach with your family. The sun is slipping into the sea, your child's chasing bubbles, the salty breeze feels good. Then you notice someone nearby talking to himself, adjusting his sunglasses, pointing them subtly in your direction.

He isn't holding a phone. He isn't taking a selfie. Yet his glasses have a tiny light, almost invisible. Those could be META's new Ray-Ban smart glasses capable of recording, livestreaming, and sending everything they see straight to the Facebook or Instagram platforms live. And your family, your kids, your quiet moment might already be part of someone's live feed or someone's monetized content.

How would you feel? Uneasy? Angry? Violated? Or would you simply shrug it off because "that's just how technology works now"? What if these recordings fell into the wrong hands, or worse, were manipulated and turned against you or even turned into a meme without your consent? This is not a distant problem anymore. These smart glasses are available in the Sri Lanka market and people are already wearing them.

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