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I dislike Facebook and deleted my account even before they changed to "Meta". I also value privacy.
But what privacy violations do "smart glasses" provide that weren't already trivially available? Tiny cameras are insanely cheap. A reasonably handy person could hide several on their person and there are plenty of "spy shops" that sell actual wearable hidden cameras.
The "I love ICE" kid was wearing Meta Ray Bans but the first video I saw of it was from someone else' camera. I can't leave the house without getting filmed from multiple angles. The only thing those glasses do is make it really obvious that the wearer is a dumbass.
The main differences I can think of are:
Basically they produce better video and are more normalized in society.
The difference is that meta glasses constantly upload to their creepy servers to do automatic face recognition.
True, but understand, every wireless-connected smart device you wear or interact with in any way is doing the same.
Meta's nonsense isn't unique, and should be regulated into nonexistence, but unless you're keeping your phone in a Faraday bag you too are being constantly filmed, tracked, and snooped upon.
No, my iPhone is not doing that because they give you a switch to turn it off and encrypt anything Apple touches. It disables some handy features but it’s a worthwhile trade off in my opinion.
Found the fanboy.
"HEY GUYS IT'S NO BIG DEAL NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. I DISLIKE FACEBOOK BUT DEFINITELY DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM WITH THESE ALWAYS ON SPY DEVICES THAT ARE CONSTANTLY CONNECTED TO DEMONSTRABLY EVIL PEOPLE"
Not actually what they said, though.
Downplaying in the war for privacy is vouching for the enemy.