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This is problematic, since AR requires various different sensors gathering real-time, context-specific personal information about the users, causing more severe and new privacy threats compared to other technologies. These threats can have adverse consequences on information self-determination and the freedom of choice and, thus, need to be investigated as long as AR is still shapeable. This communication paper takes on a bird\u2019s eye perspective and considers the ethical concept of autonomy as the core principle to derive recommendations and measures to ensure autonomy. 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