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Meta sparks privacy fears after unveiling $299 Smart Glasses with hidden cameras: ‘You can now film everyone without them knowing’::These stylish shades may look like a regular pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers, but they're actually Meta's new Smart Glasses, complete with two tiny cameras and speakers implanted in the arms. The wearable tech was unveiled by Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday at the 2023 Meta Connect conference in Menlo Park, California, sparking a frenzy online.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They don't really look "hidden" tbqh, the lenses are quite obvious.

I'm wondering if these could be useful to me as a prosopagnostic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Try standing 10 ft / 3m away, in a crowd, and not actually expecting anybody to have them. Would you notice?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Idk, I assume I'm being watched via CCTV at least wherever I go nowadays. This may be literally in your face, but still... these devices will become invisible and ubiquitous.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

How very Meta

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

On the one hand I can't remember the many people I see at work and would love heads-up display saying names, birthdays and reminding me what we spoke about.

On the other hand I don't like cameras recording my socially embarrassing actions in the first place, let alone tell people who I am. Like hell I want Zuck to know what stupid shit I said 4 years ago to that one person I won't see ever again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Out of the loop, do you need a facebook/meta account (if yes, how much info they requested) to use the glasses ?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

hidden camera prank videos are about to become a lot more rampant I think.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They should have used a photo from a webcam or old phone (or a noise filter) to better represent the nighttime quality of the tiny lenses. This one seems to have real DSLR depth of field. The interface is obviously fake, too. As a journalist, I would go the extra mile to take (or license) a shitty picture/video frame with motion blur (and no good-looking subject) and edit it into the supplied promotional material rather than plainly repost that obviously fake shit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What about adding some strong infrareds on your hat?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now I have a fear of being filmed while scratching my nuts.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ok, but why?

Like, why??

I'd like to run a test on these executives, put everyone with a camera pointing at them whenever they step outside let's see how long it will take to them hate their own proposal.

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