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13,000 sign petition urging Kmart to pull $89 smart glasses from sale
['David Adams']
SmartCompany
calls for the withdrawal of Kmart’s $89 smart glasses, amid a growing privacy debate.
More than 20,000 sign petition urging Kmart to pull $89 smart glasses from saleEditor’s note: This report was updated on Friday to reflect the petition’s signature tally.
More than 20,000 people have now signed a petition calling on Kmart to withdraw its $89 smart glasses from sale, raising concerns those glasses, and similar devices, could be used to record bystanders without their consent.
The Anko-branded glasses are not the only AI-enabled smart glasses on the Australian market, with Meta’s upmarket devices perhaps the most prominent example.
However, the latest generation of Meta smart glasses start at $469, making the $89 version far more accessible to most Australians.