Mind the Gap: Mapping Wearer-Bystander Privacy Tensions and Context-Adaptive Pathways for Camera Glasses
Xueyang Wang, Kewen Peng, Xin Yi, Hewu Li

TL;DR
This paper systematically evaluates privacy tensions in camera glasses, revealing expectation gaps and proposing context-adaptive privacy pathways to balance protection and usability.
Contribution
It introduces a diagnostic framework for assessing privacy mechanisms and highlights the importance of context-aware design for wearable camera privacy.
Findings
Bypassers demand more transparency than wearers provide
Four fundamental trade-offs undermine current privacy technologies
Context significantly influences privacy acceptability
Abstract
Camera glasses create fundamental privacy tensions between wearers seeking recording functionality and bystanders concerned about unauthorized surveillance. We present a systematic multi-stakeholder evaluation of privacy mechanisms through surveys (N=525) and paired interviews (N=20) in China. Study 1 quantifies expectation-willingness gaps: bystanders consistently demand stronger information transparency and protective measures than wearers will provide, with disparities intensifying in sensitive contexts where 65-90% of bystanders would take defensive action. Study 2 evaluates twelve privacy-enhancing technologies, revealing four fundamental trade-offs that undermine current approaches: visibility versus disruption, empowerment versus burden, protection versus agency, and accountability versus exposure. These gaps reflect structural incompatibilities rather than inadequate goodwill,…
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TopicsPrivacy, Security, and Data Protection · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
