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Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway (futurism.com)
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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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[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

As Daily Dot points out, people are even selling stickers for this specific purpose.

From what I've heard the glasses have become popular among university students, and they've become yet another issue that has to be looked out for there.

The amount of precautions that have to be taken during exam time at universities keeps increasing. The testing rooms these days sound like they're locked down as tightly as a jail.