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Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses (www.brusselstimes.com)
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“Experts in Europe warn that these devices are used to record strangers without their consent, possibly breaching EU law.”

“A small LED light is designed to indicate when recording is taking place, but RTBF's investigators found that tutorials explaining how to conceal the indicator are abundant and easily accessible online.”

Sometimes I have a hard time deciding who I despise more, parasite Mark Zuckerberg or its witless hosts who keep using its products—yes, Zuck's pronoun is it. Ban Ray-Ban, for frick's sake.

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I never understood why a well-known brand like RayBan would want to be associated with this.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 13 hours ago

Most people are so stupid and just do whatever they're told to the extent that if meta releases these glasses and tells you that they're cool, then people will be like, wow, these glasses are cool. Rayban just wants in on it. It makes a lot of sense unfortunately.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They were bought by Luxotica years ago.

[–] queueBenSis@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

as literally almost all glasses brands

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yes exactly. Their question was parallel to asking why a company like gatorade ([Pokesi]) would put hfcs and barely any vitamins in their sports drinks. Its a mega corp now and only cares about profit, not image.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Gatorade never had vitamins, even in its original formulation. It was flavored water with salt to help athletes with electrolyte depletion.

Also, Gatorade is owned by Pepsi. Maybe you're thinking of Powerade, which was crap.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, i seem to have gotten their parent corp mixed but idgaf about which soda mega corp is giving people diabetes as a sports supplement, so....

Powerade has more electrolytes and vitamins that support recovery. They are both ass but powerade is def the better options of the two. Gatorade is fr just sugar water.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I can't see the word electrolyte without thinking "it's what plants crave".

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 points 1 day ago

And Meta probably have Luxotica a large sack of cash to make these glasses.