Yesterday I saw someone with Meta smart glasses in public for the first time. Even just standing near him was unpleasant. It doesn’t matter whether it’s recording, pointing a camera and mics at somebody who didn’t agree to it feels rude and a bit shocking.

I worry that this is becoming more acceptable or do others feel the same way? Companies keep pushing forward, now with smart neckleses, smart headphones, (all equipped with camera and mic). Are these all doomed to fail? What feature would convince me or others to actually start using them? It’s certainly not chatgpt strapped on your face, or a shitty quality spy camera either.

If any of my friends or family wore these, I wouldn’t feel comfortable speaking to them.

Im interested in your experiences. Thanks for reading.

  • ijustliketrains@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    My first time seeing anything about the meta Rayban glasses was some guy sexually harassing my friend at work as a “prank video.” He used the glasses as a secret recording device then posted it on facebook.

  • Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world
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    There should be a law brought in so that any glasses fitted with cameras/microphones have to be clearly labeled (as in etched so it cant be removed) with a warning along the front face of the glasses and also make it to they can only be bright obnoxious high visibility colours like neon green/orange.

    Lets see how “fashionable” they are when they make you look like a member of LMFAO.

  • ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca
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    I would get a very powerful magnet and ruin their devices. That works right? Otherwise I’ll get a device that scrambles smart devices. Fuck Zuckerberg.

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    I feel the same way about smartphones but it’s now completely normalised. Glasses are less paranoia-inducing since you can clearly see where it’s pointed and it’s at eye-level. I’d rather discourage smartphone use than smart-glasses use.

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      2 days ago

      LoL @ the downvotes. Step one is acknowledging one’s addiction.

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    2 days ago

    There’s already people pointing smart cameras and mics hooked up to Meta that point at me everytime I go in public. That’s life in a major city where half the people have Facebook on their phone. The TVs have mics, there’s wifi security cameras everywhere with all kinds of terrible privacy policies. The smart glasses are tanking your anger right now but even if there were no glasses you are already surrounded

    So no, you impotent nerds aren’t going to punch your way out of this predicament. I bet most of you couldn’t punch your way out of any predicament

    ;p