Oxford's Carissa Véliz Won't Buy Camera Glasses and Says Privacy's Future Isn't Inevitable
CarissaVeliz · x · 2026-10-13
Oxford privacy scholar Carissa Véliz, in a Project Syndicate essay Which Future for Online Life?, says she refuses to buy smart glasses with cameras and microphones, and asks the public: will you? Will you tell wearers you don't consent?
Her core argument: tech leaders create the impression that privacy surrender is inevitable by framing a vision of the future as unstoppable — but predictions become self-fulfilling prophecies only if we believe them and act accordingly. Active refusal can change the trajectory.
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