"They trust me — dumb fucks," says Zuckerberg
Always good to keep in mind
this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2023
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Alt headline: Dude with boundary issues makes least surprising glasses ever
A quick search on Amazon for "spy camera" finds a bunch of devices small enough to easily conceal inside clothing, built in to pens, and built in to watches. A search for "spy camera glasses" finds exactly that, and most of them are well under $300. We're already well into the era of being able to film everyone without them knowing.
They aren’t directly connected to a social network and promoted with vast marketing resources however.
I remember playing with one of these about 10 years ago that looked like a car key fob, it recorded somewhat subpar footage in a weird format to a microSD card. A neat novelty but not very practical to use unless you really had a need to do covert surveillance of something, which most people don’t.
However if it’s made to be effortless to push watchable footage to social media, and people are heavily encouraged and incentivised to do so and it’s a different proposition.
I think it is just a matter of convenience. Very few people buy lasers to aim them at airplanes. Give everyone a laser and you'll get a thousand reports of people aiming lasers at their plane.
Those at least don't automatically sync to Zuck.
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Hidden cameras? They've got big ol fuckin cameras on them and apparently a red LED that lights up when in use lol. It'd be easier to secretly film someone by pretending you're texting on your phone. More ragebait.
You seriously think it wouldn't be trivial to disable the LED?
And by the time you notice the LED you've already been filmed.
It would be trivial to just buy spy cameras already built for spying. The tech already exists
Buddy, have you been on Aliexpress recently? It's trivial to wire tiny cameras all over your body if you really wanted.
Not that it matters, I can point an 8K cinema camera at you in public, and you don't legally get a say.
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I miss when CCTV was a world ending privacy concern. Its gotten so much worse in the last decade.
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Incredibly funny to see the NY Post pretend that these glasses were just now "unveiled". This line of camera-equipped glasses has been around for 2 years now.
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You're being filmed everywhere you go and you probably don't even know it.
Doesn't make it ok.
Not right in your face at the bar while drunkenly discussing your most regretful one night stands tho.
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Not a thing was learned from Google Glass huh? Alrighty then.
I almost like the idea of augmented reality with similar tech. I'd love it if I could look down the street and see historic photos of building overlaid perfectly.
The issue isn't the technology, it's the people who are supplying it and it's connection to the Internet and sharing. I don't trust Google and I don't trust Meta.
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Google glass 2.0
We were rightly worried about Google glass, we had no idea there was something even worse on the horizon
Just saying, hidden cameras have been a thing long before the internet was invented
Bad people doing bad things is nothing new.
But these things allow good, otherwise well-intentioned, people, to become unwitting moles for Meta.
This is an excellent point +1
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I can't imagine being friends or even acquaintances with a person who would want to live stream their POV as a day to day activity.
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NYPost is right wing trash.
‘You can now film everyone without them knowing’ Implying that we dont already have cameras always with us, and can perfectly do that.
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NYPost.
come on now
My cyberpunk future of me using a full head mask every time I'm out in public is getting closer.
Black mirror vibes
Umm... what the hell is that thumbnail? https://i.imgur.com/0l2TAh3.png
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So will they just not work in 2 party consent states?
Clearly the smart glasses wearer will just wear a shirt that outlines their TOS and that by interacting with them, you agree to be recorded.
My home cameras had some update that required the LED to be on to indicate it was capturing video. This should be required on these products.
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Doesn't it have a 'recording' LED?
Remember the good ol' times when some guy stepped up in the cinema, stood in front of the audience, right when the movie was about to start:
"OK, Google!"
:-)
Now you might have an idea how a company making $0 is getting funded.
People who don't understand that they already lost their privacy years ago: "GASP, this means someone could be recording me!"
Which doesn’t make this any better of a future to live in.
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They must have a different approach if Google glasses tried the same thing and failed miserably.
Partnering with Luxotica/RayBan to make it look more like normal frames will keep it from being as obvious for one.
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This might actually be useful for when the cops pull you over. Or if you get bad service in a shop you'll have a video of it.
This is exactly the kind of fear mongering that they are hoping people will buy into.
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