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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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[-] weew@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just saying, hidden cameras have been a thing long before the internet was invented

[-] rDrDr@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago

Bad people doing bad things is nothing new.

But these things allow good, otherwise well-intentioned, people, to become unwitting moles for Meta.

[-] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

This is an excellent point +1

[-] aidan@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Already done by having Facebook, Threads, or Instagram on your phone

[-] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

But even if I don't, others will infringe on my privacy if they wear those glasses in my vicinity

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Same if they record you on their phone.

[-] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would argue that that's more obvious, the phone/gopro/cemera is up there and you know you are potentially being recorded. Also that's in the user's control (i.e. they'll need to intentionally record).

Here, given Meta's greed, we could have a potential subtle and not so obvious recording/surveillance. How would you tell if someone passing by is recording, wearing glasses is pretty common.

So the tldr is that I argue it's not the same because it's not obvious and/or frequent as it is with a camera/phone

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

My argument is that there are not only things that people intentionally publish, but also audio and video recordings that may be being collected on people without their knowledge and could also capture other people near them.

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