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๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ“น EL PASO PARENTS... these two stories together are exactly why we need to talk to our kids about cameras.

A local parent posted on Nextdoor alleging that girls in her daughter's middle school athletics class were recording videos in the locker room while other students were changing in the background, and some videos allegedly ended up on TikTok.

I have NO idea which school this happened at, and I haven't found confirmation from a school or district, so I'm not going to guess.

But the bigger conversation is important.

Kids have phones, watches and now GLASSES with cameras. ๐Ÿ‘“

And I actually own Meta glasses.

When I'm covering El Paso events, I'm usually juggling multiple phones because I'm livestreaming on different platforms at the same time. ๐Ÿ˜‚ The glasses let me grab photos and video hands-free.

But I WANT that little recording light blinking. ๐Ÿ’ก

I want someone to look at me and immediately know:

"Oh. She's recording."

Because then they have a choice to move away.

Meta just disabled the cameras on thousands of its AI glasses after detecting that some users had covered, damaged or otherwise tampered with the recording light. Meta told Business Insider the affected glasses represented less than 0.1% of Meta AI glasses sold.

And GOOD. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Because secretly defeating the recording indicator hurts everyone who has a legitimate reason to use these things.

It also makes that alleged locker-room situation an important reminder for parents:

๐Ÿ“ต Locker rooms = NO recording.
๐Ÿ“ต Don't film people changing.
๐Ÿ“ต Look at what's behind you BEFORE posting.
๐Ÿ“ต Don't assume your friends are okay being recorded.
๐Ÿ“ต Once something is online, you may not be able to get it back.

Honestly, this might be one of those conversations we need to have with our kids BEFORE handing them any device with a camera.

And adults aren't exempt either. ๐Ÿ˜‚

What do you think? Would the blinking recording light make you comfortable with someone wearing smart glasses around you, or do camera glasses make you uncomfortable regardless? ๐Ÿ‘€

#ElPaso #ElPasoParents #MetaGlasses #OnlineSafety #ToDoElPaso
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