The great privacy revolt: people are pushing back against the glasses that record, the earbuds that eavesdrop and the TVs watching our lives — here’s what we can do about it, according to an AI research CEO and a digital rights advocate
THE SO WHAT
The backlash against ‘always-listening’ devices is less about the cloud and more about the quiet spread of cheap, on-device AI that never needed to phone home. Hardware and AI teams should assume opt-in, visible capture cues, and local processing as the regulatory and consumer baseline, not a premium feature.
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