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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[–] 149 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

I remember when Google glasses came out, people got assaulted for wearing them

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/san-francisco-woman-says-she-was-attacked-for-wearing-google-glass/

Her Facebook post 💀

“OMG so you’ll never believe this but… I got verbally and physically assaulted and robbed last night in the city, had things thrown at me because of some ---- Google Glass haters,” Slocum posted to Facebook.

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  • [–] 73 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Several bars in my city banned people wearing them.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Venues will just need to implement infrared checks at the door.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    A simple solution would be to have a red led that displays when recording like video cameras

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    The Meta smart glasses have a LED, and they claim to detect when it's covered and asked the user to clear it (not activating the camera) when it's the case.

    But honestly, there are already devices to record people without their consent. Just go to AliExpress and you'll find devices that don't even bother adding a LED (because the whole point of the device is stealth filming).

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (38 children)

    The trick is now you can’t tell. Should it be illegal? Heck yes. Will it? “Hmm … technology, so important … innovation.. privacy is dead anyway …. terrorism prevention.. “

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Should it be illegal?

    In the US, it's been long held people do not have the "expectation of privacy" while out in public. One of the major issues that you've kinda touched on is how would it be enforced? So are you opposed to all forms of recording? Or is this more focused on a corporation potentially gathering data on people just by being in public where someone is wearing these?

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    [–] 103 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "They trust me — dumb fucks," says Zuckerberg

    Always good to keep in mind

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  • [–] 96 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    A quick search on Amazon for "spy camera" finds a bunch of devices small enough to easily conceal inside clothing, built in to pens, and built in to watches. A search for "spy camera glasses" finds exactly that, and most of them are well under $300. We're already well into the era of being able to film everyone without them knowing.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago

    They aren’t directly connected to a social network and promoted with vast marketing resources however.

    I remember playing with one of these about 10 years ago that looked like a car key fob, it recorded somewhat subpar footage in a weird format to a microSD card. A neat novelty but not very practical to use unless you really had a need to do covert surveillance of something, which most people don’t.

    However if it’s made to be effortless to push watchable footage to social media, and people are heavily encouraged and incentivised to do so and it’s a different proposition.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    I think it is just a matter of convenience. Very few people buy lasers to aim them at airplanes. Give everyone a laser and you'll get a thousand reports of people aiming lasers at their plane.

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    [–] 75 points 2 years ago* (9 children)

    Hidden cameras? They've got big ol fuckin cameras on them and apparently a red LED that lights up when in use lol. It'd be easier to secretly film someone by pretending you're texting on your phone. More ragebait.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    You seriously think it wouldn't be trivial to disable the LED?

    And by the time you notice the LED you've already been filmed.

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    [–] 58 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I miss when CCTV was a world ending privacy concern. Its gotten so much worse in the last decade.

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    [–] 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Incredibly funny to see the NY Post pretend that these glasses were just now "unveiled". This line of camera-equipped glasses has been around for 2 years now.

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    [–] 43 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    You're being filmed everywhere you go and you probably don't even know it.

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    [–] 39 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Not a thing was learned from Google Glass huh? Alrighty then.

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    [+] 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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    [–] 35 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I can't imagine being friends or even acquaintances with a person who would want to live stream their POV as a day to day activity.

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    [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    NYPost is right wing trash.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    ‘You can now film everyone without them knowing’ Implying that we dont already have cameras always with us, and can perfectly do that.

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    NYPost.

    come on now

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    My cyberpunk future of me using a full head mask every time I'm out in public is getting closer.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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    [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    Black mirror vibes

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Downvote all news corpse articles

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    So this is just an ad, huh.

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    [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So will they just not work in 2 party consent states?

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