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Uh, why the fuck would such a device ever be allowed on school property?
Because boys are using them to harass girls, and thats like 90% of what schools are for nowadays
because educators aren't paid enough to figure out which covert spying devices exist
These devices are expensive.
Teenage girls - If you spot them... Grab them and smash them.
And don't be afraid to smash the face that wears them. Collateral damage, after all, is always expected.
If I see someone wearing these get bashed in the face, no I didn't.
Nice sentiment, but how many cameras are in schools, and how many asshole friends does the asshole wearing them have?
🤷 I said I didn't.
Well… my daughter is authorized by her parents to use as much violence as she deems appropriate to anyone who would harass her.
But we all know that would get her expelled from the school for 1… or 3… or every day(s).
If you add to that from the comments above that kids with perv-glasses are from rich families, probably contributing significantly to whatever charity in the school, they may not get the justice they deserve.
So smash the glasses, ok. Make a show, and be sure everyone hears loud and clear "fucking pervert". Reputation can't be bought back easily.
Make their parents buy them a new nose
Expensive enough to steal.
And then sell it in the black market... To perverts?
Attach it to a very long broom, stick it in the ground, attach a 10$ solar panel usb charger, charge the government 3k a year to access the footage.
Rinse and repeat lol
As much as I haye the existence of these devices, independent of context bit especially for what this thread is about, I think that isn't a good idea. I do not trust that the girls have backing and are safe by doing this, any kid who has something this expensive will have parents that have power enough to really fuck with the lives of any girl who'd do this.
I wish this wasn't the case, but waves widely at the world proves otherwise.
Have you met teenage girls? Their sass and attitude can ruin lives.
What parent would buy their middle schooler pervert glasses?
Lots? Most people don't call them pervert glasses
We aren’t being loud enough about it irl.
Showing may age here 🤣 but back in 2005, I had a film camera shaped like a juice box that I thought was the coolest thing on the planet. The straw was how you took pictures, the lens was hidden in the logo.
There was no film in it because I just wanted to show it off but yeah..... School didn't give a fuck.
Then again I'm autistic and I was super into the spy stuff. I think that came with one of those spy kits and I annoyed the shit out of my family with those beeping door sensors and I genuinely concerned someone by eating the edible paper. I made one of my sisters friends scream at the top of her lungs because she had no idea who I was when I wore the sunglasses with mirrors to see behind you and a fake mustache and I was into disguises.
But there's a difference between being a kid and having fun and things inadvertently happening vs being a menace and a dickhead to those around you.
Some schools in New Zealand put the camera in the bathroom themselves.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/10/11/are-cctv-cameras-in-school-bathrooms-infringing-on-student-privacy/
But that's completely different thing. Pervert glasses allows boys to see fake naked girls, but perv cams at bathroom allows officials to see the real deal. American ucle Donnie would be proud!
We've allowed smart phones for the last 20 years or so.
Phones, cameras, watches with cameras, GoPros are all all ready allowed, why would this be any different? Some schools even have equipment to rent to make videos, or their news program has some, yearbook group, etc.
Those are far more obvious when one is filming compared to glasses that can secretly film someone at any time.
Unlike the security cameras that already do you mean… yeah?
A school is a public place, there’s no reasonable expectation of privacy.
I am fucking sick and tired of this absolute garbage argument.
"No expectation of privacy" does not mean publicizing any video for any purpose is OK. It does not mean stalking is OK. It does not mean a goddamned panopticon is OK!
What's happening now -- with every act potentially stored in perpetuity, psycho-analyzed, and fed into generative AI for the purpose of deepfaking or who knows what else -- is in a wholly different category that goes beyond "public!"
I don't recall a student being able to bring a security camera to school. In fact, every single security camera I've seen in a school has (seemingly) belonged to the school, not to any individual.
Using a camera as part of a group project is very different from secretly filming people throughout the school day when they're supposed to be doing other things.
Surely you can tell the difference...
Well in that case the solution is simply to have the school provide such utensils, for use only in the time period when the project takes place.
They often do. Wtf is your point? This is about allowing pervglasses in the classroom.