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because these always-available features changes the threshold for it happening


Is it not currently always available on the phones we're carrying?


Do you strap your phone to your face?


No, but like many people I've seen while travelleing and hitting a bunch of tourist spots this past summer, I do openly carry my phone in my hand, and I'm in a sea of people doing the same. And if I'm commuting to work, I'm reading on my phone, if I'm in the waiting room at the doctor, I'm reading on my phone. My phone is always out and so is everyone else's.

Anyone could be filming at any time with their phones and go unnoticed, so I'm not sure what glasses are actually enabling.


Yeah, good point. I wonder what would happen if someone without ADP in the UK changed over the region settings to the United States, switched ADP on, and then switched the region back to the UK. I wonder if anybody's tried this?


Some other comments are discussing this. I just tried it but could still not enable ADP. Perhaps subscriptions etc. additionally require cancellation, as rumoured.


It's ghoulish, honestly.


The early days of the internet, when I just had dial up access, were fantastic.


This. I wouldn't step on an airplane if someone told me there's a 10% chance it could explode into a ball of flames. Would anyone?


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