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Extortion Using Smart Glasses Is a Thing Now (gizmodo.com)
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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think they must be pushing back on the term “extortion” in the title, when it’s really “harassment“. I don’t think they implied that it’s fine, just that the title was not representative of the actual story.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

It's extortion because he was refusing to take the video down unless she paid.

[–] saimen@feddit.org 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, the original bbc article this one is referring to is much less clickbaity:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy87wqz0q9o

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

This is a much better article.