Next up: campaigns to normalize privacy violations IRL too, because that's separate from digital.
Also, please Flock and Ring too.
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2026
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Reminds me of Google glass or whatever it was called. It's not that people aren't ready, it's just a bad idea
I love that big tech was so arrogant they just plum forgot or choose to ignore why those died then.
And then above it they still chose the one thing everyone was mad about, a camera. All they had to do was not put a camera in there but they couldn't resist.
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And they should be.
Ah hell. My only pair of sunglasses is a 5 year old pair of raybans.
I'd better not get "pervert glasses" shouted at me.
I've always liked wayfarers because of my love for The Blues Brothers. Fucking corporations have to ruin everything.
I threw away my rayban frames spectacles for a transparent plastic one due to having people come up to me and trying to start something.
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"I saw all these comments about if you wear those glasses you're basically a predator or a creep, and I was like, 'Oh, maybe it's not a good idea to have those,'" said Kujawa. "I didn't really think that through all the way… there are a lot of times where it's not appropriate to wear cameras on your face."
Words to live by.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg remains convinced that smart glasses will eventually replace the smartphone.
Sure, Jan.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg remains convinced that smart glasses will eventually replace the smartphone.
Just a regular reminder that facebook has a massive child sex material trade problem, that they've actively done nothing to prevent, but they have called police on reporters reporting on it.
So Zuckerberg wanting his creepnology on every face, in every bathroom, hospital, etc, while he gets a copy of every video, is very much in character
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I live next to a beach. I don't think I will ever visit the popular areas again if these things become common.
Fortunately you only need to walk 60 seconds east/west of a car park to get away from most people and the coastline goes on for miles.
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I just don't understand why they even tried. Google already proved in 2013 that people think you're an asshole for wearing things like this, even having the term "glasshole" come about.
Same mental disorder, different CEO?
I aaaume they tried to make them look stealthier so people can be creeps without looking like creeps
also it has the stigma of Zuckerberg using his companies as datamining, spying, right wing peddling platforms. his name was enough to derail anything that comes out of meta.
Did they really think "yes, let's make Glasshole v2" and nobody gave it a second thought?
This time they hid the cameras for creeps. Glasshole2: Glass Harder
Specifically identifying the “pervert glasses” as “pervert Meta Ray-bans” would kill these products even faster. Associating Ray-bans with perversion would surely be a deal breaker.
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It's nice to see no one learned anything from Google Glass. This is why we're fucked as a species...
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There is an Android app that looks for the Bluetooth signatures of these glasses and alerts if they are nearby. Hopefully something exists on iOS devices as well.
Edit: The app is called Nearby Glasses and it is available on iOS and Android.
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"A lot of men and their behaviors have ruined this product."
Ruined? They're using it for it's designed purpose...
All glasses are pervert glasses if they're tinted and reflective enough.
Just imagine face tracking with a Camera on every face. Such a great Tech Bro idea.
Good. Anyone caught wearing those in public should have them knocked the fuck off their faces...
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