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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 106 points 3 weeks ago (51 children)

Only predators buy those glasses.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

why do you know the android, zuckerborg is one of epsteins clientele.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I support smart glasses. Not from meta or Google or whatever the fuck.

The more cameras we point at cops and people in power, the better.

The moment an open-source privacy focused set of frames exist, I'm buying it.

[–] plz1@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Now I envision cops just straight up jacking people's Rx glasses under suspicion of being recorded, like they do with phones already.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It should have to light up when recording. Like, at a hardware level.

Surveillance at critical points like arrests seems important in order to have basic accountability. Surveillance all the time if you know it or not is more of a slippery slope.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

Have a light that beams out from beside the sensor through the same lense, no way to cover it without blocking the camera

Have a visible dot shutter that closes when it's not recording,

Require you to touch the temple on the frame the whole time it's recording.

There are ways

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree with your premise, but only if it's stored locally and not sent to a corporation, who is likely going to share videos that help to convict other people of crimes but not allow access to video that shows cops doing something wrong.

But also, there should be a legal requirement to have a light visible when recording. If you're found violating this, it should at least be a sizable criminal offense.

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[–] Maroon@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

How do you even protect yourself and your kids from this? Maybe I can mask up, but I can't expect my partner or her kids to do the same.

[–] Zorg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Apparently quite a few people are developing ways to defect facial recognition https://www.stratecta.exchange/fashion-that-can-beat-facial-recognition-systems/
I was pleasantly surprised to find out Zenni now offers a near infrared blocking coating for their glasses.

[–] queueBenSis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

are the prices from Capable a joke? who thefuck pays $6-700 for a pair of joggers or sweater. privacy wear should be affordable, not a luxury. it’s the wealthy class that’s making this a problem in the first place

[–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

I had no idea there were so many methods

[–] CucumberFetish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Has Zenni gotten rid of the polarized lenses? I checked a few sunglasses and couldn't configure them with polarized lenses....

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[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How does this "anti-papparazi" thing work?

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Read the linked article. It goes through a lot methods.

[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I did read it but still can't grasp it.

[–] oozynozh@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

reflective particles in the garment nullify flash photography by fucking with the exposure to wash out other elements of the subject

here's an example photo of Trevor Noah wearing one of these scarves without and with flash:

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[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Youre telling me Meta didnt have this from the start?

[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Premature release has been the norm for decades. Evil corps apply the same software development methodologies.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

And yet, people keep using Meta stuff...

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The networking effect in action.

If you've got a dedicated group of friends on a platform and you can't figure out how to move them all at once, you're unlikely to socially isolate yourself just because they ratchet up the enshittification another rung.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah.

At the same time, I think people don’t really understand how toxic Facebook is. It’s a physical health hazard for one relative of mine, a mental one for some others. I’m not exaggerating when I say it would be better for their health if they drank and smoked cigarettes.

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[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago
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[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

This is going to be so illegal in EU

[–] GhostFace@lemmy.today 4 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I can't get facebook off my phone. I can put the app to sleep but it's always going to be there. It's such an invasion of privacy but I don't know how to deal with it.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Some manufacturers mark bundled crap as essential system apps you need root to get rid of, but usually you can disable them which effectively uninstalls it in every other way except it will still take storage space. I wonder if your ROM just used the word "sleep" for that functionality?

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago

adb commands

[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Get a different phone

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