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Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses (www.brusselstimes.com)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by arsCynic@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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“Experts in Europe warn that these devices are used to record strangers without their consent, possibly breaching EU law.”

“A small LED light is designed to indicate when recording is taking place, but RTBF's investigators found that tutorials explaining how to conceal the indicator are abundant and easily accessible online.”

Sometimes I have a hard time deciding who I despise more, parasite Mark Zuckerberg or its witless hosts who keep using its products—yes, Zuck's pronoun is it. Ban Ray-Ban, for frick's sake.

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[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I understand the “problem”, but I understand that if you’re out in public you’re giving up some privacy. This isn’t a hard concept to understand. It’s literally in the name - public. Public is the opposite of private.

Laws exist around where you can and can’t film, and on the streets you can film. What you do with the footage also has laws around it, but a creep walking around taking photos of fully clothed women in public so he can jerk off to it isn’t breaking any laws.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

they're already modifying them to record without indicator.

https://leafandcore.com/2025/10/25/meta-glasses-creep-mod-gaining-attention/

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

What does that have to do with what I said?

A creep using them to record in a bathroom would be illegal, light bypassed or not.

I’m not sure if you’ve realised, but creeps have been finding ways to film women and girls illegally for as long as there have been ways to film women and girls. That doesn’t make everyone taking photos and videos in public a creep like you pretend it does.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

if you don't understand the enormous implications on what that link means it's a lost discussion mate.

creeps have always been creeps. why give them a better tool with higher resolution and plausible deniability?

god it's like talking to a child