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Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway (futurism.com)
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A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.

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[–] 6 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Here's different optics to consider: we know for many camera-enabled devices to deliver recordings to the cloud, where the data is used by authorities, often times in a very improper way.

In US, it is coordinating ICE raids; in other countries, it's other kinds of shady and inhumane acts.

Fighting this on the level of legislation is great...when it works. Overturning the power of a dictator authority or simply struggling against decisions that are made up above often takes illegal, brutal acts, or at least ones of misdemeanor.

It sure never hurts to ask someone to stop first, but then I can see an angle when refusal is going to escalate things badly for reasons that could be understood.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I think the assumption people are making here with my original comment is that I wouldn’t first tell them to stop and delete whatever they had recorded. Which is my fault because I can see that from the way I said it. But if that doesn’t work? Well, they don’t just get to keep doing it.

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  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

    I can see an angle when refusal is going to escalate things badly for reasons that could be understood.

    Whatever "angle" you see is your mind trying to justify forcefully grabbing someone's property to destroy it.

    I don't like surveillance either.

    But you can't go around forcefully breaking other people's stuff unless it threatens your well being at that moment.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    The thing is, it may actually threaten someone's wellbeing.

    Surveillance, especially under a police state, can be a very clear and sometimes immediate threat.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    You can't legally commit violence based on a hypothetical scenario.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    You can't legally overthrow an oppressive regime, either. Legality is not the same as morality.

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