Australian Attorney-General orders urgent privacy review of camera glasses

Australia's Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has asked the privacy commissioner to urgently review camera glasses technology, following Kmart's rapid sell-out of AUD 89 Anko camera glasses, raising concerns about data handling and privacy risks for wearers and bystanders. The glasses, cheaper than Meta and Ray-Ban models starting at AUD 337, can record photos, video, and sound, with content downloadable to phones for sharing. Current federal privacy laws apply mainly to organizations, not individual wearers, though surveillance laws and anti-doxxing provisions offer some recourse for serious abuses. Experts argue for a nuanced approach, noting benefits for people with disabilities, and call for stronger "privacy by design" in consumer products, plus policies from employers and institutions to protect shared spaces.