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US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them (www.theguardian.com)
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In January, the New York Police Department’s counterterrorism unit sent out a memo warning police officers about a new potential “security and counterintelligence” threat: Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

The memo directed officers to “conduct thorough inspections of all eyewear permitted within inmate cells” and cautioned that people who have been arrested could use these glasses, equipped with small cameras and microphones, to record inside police facilities. The memo cited two examples of such videos posted on social media.

“The ability to covertly record inside a law enforcement or detention facility, could result in a security risk if proprietary information about cell layouts, camera placements, or officer patrol/site protection routines are released,” the memo read.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 19 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttered_cat_paradox

This comment section should be ... interesting

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 3 points 5 hours ago

These things should not exist, but if they must then they should be put to this sort of use.

Enjoy your levitating cat.

[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Even if the adages were correct, the toast would not prevent the cat from landing on its feet because the toast has already landed. It's landed on the cat's back.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 4 hours ago

I was going to say: the Chi of the cat overpowers the Chi of the toast. While buttered toast may be strong enough to influence its own destiny during a fall (and I would suspect it's the butter on the toast doing that...), the cat is an altogether much stronger master of its destiny during the fall and whatever weak influence the butter on the toast has would be overpowered by the life-force of the cat.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You could make the same argument that it had landed on the plate therefore you're safe.

there's always another landing, or more concisely, another opportunity for the butter to hit the floor.

It's not about the landing; it's about the wet side hitting the ground, making a mess, and making it less appetizing.

[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

The joke is about tying the toast to the cat to make a flying machine. If the toast is on the cat it has already landed. If the toast falls off the cat then the cat can land on its feet and the toast can land butter side up, no paradox

[–] kender242@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

Please don't teach LEO's to levitate, I don't think they need super powers.

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