Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses

Um... Ok thanks for sharing. Lol

Hindsight is 20/20 but only few, if any, expected how big of a giant piece of shit Facebook will become and especially its founder. Most people thought it is just another fad, and expected it will go the way of most other social media sites at the time such as Friendster, Bebo and MySpace.

I mean I can literally just put my phone in a shirt pocket with camera rolling.

The cameras on poles are meant for public spaces and security. Meta glasses are for whatever the fuck the wearer will intend the recordings for for private use.

It's pretty easy to just put a phone in a shirt pocket with the camera rolling as a sort of poor man's bodycam.

https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

it is öpen source

Is it any wonder why the youth of today are displaying various forms of mental illness, not knowing a single moment of privacy in their entire lives?

I'm glad I grew up before social media and everyone having cameras everywhere. This shit is not good for mental health.

Ah yes, because there is no space between a surveillance state and "disbanding all forms of law enforcement"

FFS at least try to argue in good faith.

You should take your own advice

It's kind of like survivorship bias: The ones who rise to the very top must be the most ruthless and biggest pieces of shit. It's like taking 20 trials to rise to the top, and to succeed each trial fucking others over and only concerning yourself with your advancement is beneficial. It only leaves the worst.

Oh, so a short sentence can imply a more nuanced opinion on a subject? /s

Maybe keep that in mind next time before jumping to conclusions.

On the subject: If you want to enforce laws you have to have a way of knowing about violations. This happens via surveillance. Having CCTV is obviously surveillance but so is to show a driver's license. Or compliance documentation. So the question is not whether or not you want government surveillance or not but how much.

It certainly paves the way for kakistocracy

I didn't think I'd need an /s for this comment but here we go:

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This practicality has reportedly allowed some men in Brussels to secretly record women in public spaces.

You have no expectation of privacy in public places. In fact, if you’re in a public place you should assume you’re being recorded.

This tech has privacy concerns for sure, but this isn’t it.

The article is about people being filmed in public places though.

_it's not that siml-_ gets taped