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Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway (futurism.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

making it trivially easy to spy on strangers in public without their knowledge or consent.

Hang on. I don't need Meta glasses to spy on strangers in public. I can creep perfectly fine in my mirrored sunglasses.

[–] logging_strict@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago

and hidden cameras are a thing. The only reason the camera is worn is to know what target to focus upon.

Footage from cops cams are from chest level. These cop cams have been pushed upon cops because they lie 100% of the time. I enjoy their stories. The more absurd the better.