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The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech.”

more at: @feed@404media.co

https://tech.lgbt/@yjeanrenaud/116122129025921096

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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 143 points 21 hours ago (10 children)

Wasnt there a ton of outrage and such incl people not being allowed on planes, back when google glass was released?

Why is it all OK now?

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It still isn't OK.

It is just that the technology became so small, you can't differentiate with regular sunglasses anymore.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I mean you kind of still can. Wire frame sunglasses are still too small to have recording hardware.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

They should be only with transparent plastic a flashing LED that signals CREEP in morse.

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