Isn't there a law in places that cameras have to have recording lights? I know my Wyze has lights. Why does this not apply to Meta glasses?
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Is there? Most phones don't have any light when recording.
You could easily block the light
Waiting for the X.com Glasses that connect up to my neurolink so I can view a constant feed of rightwing propaganda while the neurolink listens to my brains reactions and feeds it back to optimize for the most rage.
How much of what they collect goes to ICE? Besides all of it, I mean?
And yet people purchase them... so stupid.
There was a nurse wearing them inside a hospital. These stupid people are going to lose their jobs, get sued or get decked
Yeah, even if they're being legit with them that's WAY to easy to get accused of something.
Sci-fi mess up not warning how every damn person would be falling over themselves to be mass surveilled and manipulated.
Glasshole the term needs to make a significant comeback. Normalize shunning, put up signs on bathrooms and anywhere else you can with
"'Smart' glasses forbidden. Fines applicable. Bluetooth detection active." and perhaps "This means you Glasshole ! "
whether such detection is active is moot, make the bastards as nervous as they should be. A (dummy) camera on the outside of the door should complete the illusion. Make them feel like perverts.
Non consensual filming should be unacceptable, but that's a whole other fight.
Bluetooth detection active
Yea, I'd love to get a fine for listening to music while I shit.
You can search specifically for smart glasses, e.g. the aptly named Nearby Glasses
Also, you likely can't fine them, but you can make them think about it.
Can I call the police on them for taking an active filming device into a public restroom?
Even if it’s not illegal, surely some shit can he stirred. I think twice after having to wait for an officer to show up, being embarrassed, regardless of how the events turn out,
conservative will make bathroom bills all about transfolk but give two fucks about the pervert recording in the bathroom.
Sounds good. Bonus points for getting it in the media.
Bluetooth devices have MAC addresses which can help tell Meta glasses apart from other BT devices.
Apparently in this case it's a bit more complicated and you have to rely on https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/assigned-numbers/ to identify glassholes.
I want to like smart glasses. And wearable tech in general. Too bad it's all entirely centralized, monetized, and exploited for political gain.
Too bad it's all entirely centralized, monetized, and exploited ~~for political gain.~~ as a fascist surveillance method.
When I learnt about the concept I was immediately in. Even just the option to remind me of people's names would be life-changing, not to mention all the other information and reminders and whatnot not only at my fingertips but right into my eyeballs.
And then Google's glasses came out and were a data privacy nightmare and that day I think I lost another bit of my childhood innocence.
I love wearables as well and I'm deeply bothered by apple having the best smart watch in terms of sensor quality. Almost all wearables are locked behind one app or an other, the whole scene kind of blows.
I have a Garmin watch and I can't see any benefit for my usage from an Apple watch. Quick reminder that Garmin watches have 10/15 days battery life and decent privacy 😀.
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Same. I gave up on the tech future a long time ago.
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When you see someone with those take out your phone and take a closeup picture of them. See how they like it...
I am distraught to learn that apparently smart glasses are not banned in the EU. Until now I assumed without checking that they obviously would be.
Interestingly in most of the EU, there's is no expectation of privacy in public and you are free to record people without their concent. Releasing or using those recordings is a completely different thing though.
You're free to record a crowd of people in public. Once you're pointing the camera at a person specifically, that's a whole different issue.
Dystopian stuff. The public should be protected from this stuff.
I remember back in the early 2000s, when MiniDV cameras got popular.
They were all obviously a camera just based on the look, they had an obvious lens cap, and even a clear record light so that people could see that they were being recorded.
It is insane that we have done away with all of that, and are actively camouflaging cameras in every day items.
Smart glasses should be banned.
What we need is regulation. These companies will not show ethical behaviour on their own.
See e.g. right to repair, USB-C.
Regulation with fines exceeding the profits made on the product.
No more static fines, or fines that are anything less than 100% of the profits made on breaching the regulations.
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I want Smarter Glasses. I'm thinking something like the smart glasses, but it only uses it's camera to locate and highlight other camera lenses. It then activates an infrared laser that the wearer can focus on the other lens to discreetly blind it.
It seems like soon enough people will start recognizing the things, they're pretty distinctive with the two little circles and heavy frames. I know I would spot them if they were right in front of me.
So, how to NOT look like a perv, if you need to wear glasses, like I do? Wear thin frames, which is what I do now.
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I'm sure the people who have them love harvesting data for AI training since that's what they are clearly for.
In the US, you also have no expectation of privacy when out in public.
Doesn't mean the people wearing nazi glasses are any less deserving of being punched in the face
🤓: you can't hit me I've got glasses on
😏: that is why I'm hitting you
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