Base standards

In my opinion, I believe that most markets, businesses, or groups should be held to a baseline standard before being introduced to society. We can already see this with FCC guidelines towards restricted radio frequency bands and channels. “Unlicensed wireless microphone use is permitted on the 902-928 MHz band, the 1920-1930 MHz, and on portions of the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands under specified power levels and rules for operation for each of those bands” (FCC.gov). This regulation can directly be seen with wireless technology in every American household, most prominently, channel 14 on the 2.4ghz spectrum. Operating on this channel is not legal in the United States and most manufactures block any attempt by consumers to get around this. Even if you hack your router with custom firmware and connect a device; the speeds would be limited and not worth the legal repercussions.

Safety regulations

At this current moment in time we do not have consumer safety regulations in place for electronics. It is mostly geared towards protecting state and government infrastructures. When a manufacture creates a product for society, lets say, a wireless camera and microphone for security, like ring offers. Their main focus is making sure it does not interfere with federally reserved frequencies used by police, fire department, airport air traffic controllers, military and state radio stations. The security and safety aspect that secures the device from being attacked maliciously is, for the most part, on the consumer.

Conclusion

I would like to see some kind of baseline safety or security measures set in place to protect consumers. Just like there is standards for vehicles to have seat belts and airbags. The same way the FCC mandates requirements for radio freqncy channels and bands before it sells products to the public without requiring a license. In regards to the reading material: the smart mirror should be banned from spreading medical misinformation to sell a product such as essential oils or pills that are not FDA approved. Google smart glass should not be allowed to be purchased for sexual offenders or child predators and as much as it hurts me to say this, maybe even require a license to wear in public. I do not really see a practical use for someone to have a mini HUD in their smart glasses that has all of my personal information that was scraped from the internet. If I could block them, then they can do as they please, but until then, some regulation needs to be in place.

Maybe we’re heading towards a society where Black mirror: White Christmas will be a reality.

Source

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/operation-wireless-microphones