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Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses (www.brusselstimes.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by arsCynic@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] kevinsky@feddit.nl 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It's the whole entire point of these glasses so this surely cannot be a surprise.

I'm just waiting for bans on these glasses now, because that is inevitably where this is headed as the public at large simply cannot be trusted to handle this kind of technology responsibly.

And the harder these glasses become to spot, the broader the bans will be, undoubtedly right up the point where they'll just straight up refuse anybody with any kind of thick framed glasses.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Given that cameras are readily available to the public, these glasses will likely only be banned in specific controlled locations.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean I can literally just put my phone in a shirt pocket with camera rolling.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Well, fucking don't.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I actually have done this, but nothing nefarious. Work-related in a non-public environment. Video calling a coworker for assistance and needed to be able to use my hands.

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are mobile phones banned in public? Cameras?

[–] kevinsky@feddit.nl 4 points 18 hours ago

In my world there is a non-trivial difference between pointing your phone in someone's general direction and just having inconspicuous looking glasses film everything implicitly.