• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    Meta could build a set of glasses that lets me view Pluto, washes the dishes, and gives me a loving blowjob, and I wouldn’t let them get within 10m of me.

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    Clickbait warning. This has nothing to do with the Meta smart glasses. They’re just a means of taking pictures of people without them noticing. But you could do the same with any internet connected camera / phone etc.

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      it is annoying when they do that; i would, however, venture that these glasses probably give people a way of doing things more surreptitiously, even though this article doesn’t explore that

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        Yeah, they mention that it’s unsuspicious glasses by the look. We’ll have to see what this comes to… When google introduced their Google glasses, people got yelled at on the streets, at least as far as I remember.

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          Google Glass stood out like a sore thumb, especially when it was first introduced. These have a form factor that is based on traditional sunglasses.

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          I don’t think anyone actually got yelled at for wearing them. they were pretty rare to see. I know people who wore them all the time

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      Because people get suspicious when somebody is taking pictures of every stranger they come across, but people looking at passersby while wearing glasses is normal.

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      It isn’t as obvious as shoving phone infront to take photos, whereas glasses are more incognito

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    It’s wild to me that this hasn’t become the news of the day.

    If I were RayBan I would jump ship right now before brand image is tanked. Why would you trust anyone wearing RayBans after this?

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      You can do this with any camera, including the one in all the phones out there. The only thing specific to the glasses is that it’s more convenient and inconspicuous to be wearing it on your face.

      Might as well have put the iPhone in the title for more clickbait. Anyone dedicated enough can make or buy tons of different kinds of wearables that could do the same.

      The key issue is that such a database exists and is so easily searchable.

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    I have semi face-blindness, it takes several meetings before I can start recognising a person’s face. Something like this would actually be a lifesaver for me, just so I can know who I’m talking to and whether I’ve met them before.

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    The company behind Threads, which we’ve allowed to now infest the fediverse with little evident opposition. Cheers y’all.

  • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.ee
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    porn has driven every digital invention from vhs to web. metas stupid glasses will be sold out when you get a realtime nude-filter. coz then everyone would also accept ads in the fiel of view.

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    First of all bullshit. Try me. A modicum of effort towards privacy would protect you from this. Seems like a healthy way to bring attention to the bigger issue at play here.

    Also - awesome. I have terrible propsagnosia. It’s crippling socially and especially for me in the workplace and and my scientific career (there’s a decent amount of networking and ass kissing in science, and if you can’t keep track of people at all it’s tough to play along). I’d love something like this - congrats to the devs.

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      First of all bullshit. Try me. A modicum of effort towards privacy would protect you from this.

      Unfortunately this does not count.

      It does not matter if they have 99% or 99.99% of the sheepfolk in their pocket. It would not even matter if it were only 90%. It is still everybody. They got everybody. They won.

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        Who even cares anymore. The sheepfolk don’t. They cheered on the death of our free and open internet. It’s everyone for themselves now.

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      You can have tools for recognition and not identification. Identification likely includes information that someone did not intend to share with you.

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    This is not a technology issue. Never reveal you real name, address and phone number on the internet.

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      Never post your resume or sign up for LinkedIn in the course of a job search? Never use a dating site? Never buy a domain? Never pay property taxes? Never go to court? I see your point, but never revealing your info online isn’t realistic or even a choice for most people.

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        I don’t know about buying domains, court or taxes. Those should be private and they probably are in my country.

        But LinkedIn and dating sites are definitely a scam.

        I am a huge privacy fanatic, so it is my goal that no one should ever be required to upload pictures of themselves on the internet or reveal their addresses or phone numbers. People have gotten way too complacent in handing over their private information, and that needs to change.

        The fact that having privacy is unrealistic is truly bothersome.