Pop-ups, privacy notices, and consent checks provide a tiny bit of order in our unwieldy digital world, especially when it comes to pictures and videos of you. Some company-issued notifications, for example, might prompt you to agree to a platform or organization’s use of your likeness in a captured photo. It’s harder to read that kind of fine print, however, with an unfamiliar pair of glasses—specifically augmented-reality (AR) ones. Our digital social contract becomes even more difficult to enforce if there are a million people with stylish eyewear that’s capable of recording you instantly. “How do you roll that out, when you have, say, a million individuals with glasses just walking around, living their lives? Are they to wear T-shirts or signage that says, ‘Hey, I’m not myopic, I’m not [near]-sighted. I’m wearing these glasses because I’d like to take pictures of everyone as I walk about doing my daily life,’” Joe Jones, director of research and insights at nonprofit privacy organization IAPP, told IT Brew with a laugh. Jones spoke with us about security and privacy risks—as well as the upside—of wearables as this technology becomes more advanced. What you can (and can’t) control.—BH | 
