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They're literal always-on surveillance that can collect faces, voices and things like local Bluetooth devices or WiFi APs as they walk around.
Surveillance-capitalism wet dream, because they don't just collect data on the wearer - but everyone they come near.
So they're phones that people hold slightly more vertically?
So this is just a baiting/shitpost reply to achieve nothing?
How dreary.
Oooohh nooo look, that guy walking by just stole my Wifi name and Bluetooth information, how scary 👻! /S
Yeah and after your phones Bluetooth was recorded multiple times at your home, it can be linked to you. And when it is recorded somewhere else they can create a movement profile of you. This only works if they have a lot of data collectors at many different places. Like people walking around with their glases for example.
Oh yeah, or you know living in a city.