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Huge Group of Experts Warns Meta That Its Pervert Glasses Will Enable Terrible Crimes (futurism.com)

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[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

You don’t need to obviously do that, a reasonably wide lens and you “reading social media” would do the same. It happens all the fucking time.

No, I don't think it happens "all the fucking time". That it happens is granted. I don't think it's that common.

I’m saying it’s exactly the same on a phone, don’t delude yourself that it isn’t happening or that it’d be totally obvious

Smartphones have an incredibly range of usage, and no one ever advertised them as "tool to secretly take pics and videos of people around you". And no, it's not that easy to film people secretly: you need to maintain the phone with the right orientation for an extended period of time and if you or the target move, it gets more and more obvious.

Smartglasses are almost made for that, and the abuses are already showing out there:

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/meta-glasses-app-covert-filming-women-girls-safety-b2942005.html https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/meta-glasses-covert-recording-9.7139927 https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/09/world/manfluencers-smart-glasses-intl https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx23ke7rm7go

I'm not the delusional here. You're in denial of what's already happening. And without a strong regulation, it will get worse.