Kylie Jenner ads at bus stops for google glass are some sci fi dystopia shit on their own. They Live was exactly about this.

It's still boggles my mind that the foundation of the Kardashian/Jenner business empire is a (probably intentionally) leaked sex tape.

man i know some people with schizophrenia that would lose it after seeing that

ABAB

/c/subvertising

Anyone remember 'culture jamming'?

I, thought, the monsters in They Live were aliens, but I think they’re a metaphor for the parasitic wealth class.

I don't really know how popular that movie is with people who aren't into subvertising... I don't think it's very popular, I don't know if people will get the reference.

I'd say half the problem is that there are people buying these things. If you wear Facebook spyglasses, it says a lot about you.

I think I need to watch They Live, the meme pressure is too high!

Ok, if I had never heard of Facebook or Cuckerberg. And had never even thought of people using these types of glasses to perv with then I'd still know they were a bad thing because my one simple rule.

The rule is that if a jenner or kartrashian advertise it, are involved with it at all, have invested in it, etc etc, then it's a very very bad thing (until proven otherwise).
Shitty people advertise shitty things

American billionaires are the type who waste 215m over the course of 13 months 2024 presidential election attacking trans people instead of paying for universal healthcare.

Glasses for perverts huh? My dad was considering glasses like this (not necessarily meta) to help with his macular degeneration. They can read out text in front of them, zoom and useful stuff like that for people with vision problems. But now he won't even consider it because he's worried he will be labelled a pervert if he is seen wearing them because apparently no one can conceive of a reason why smart glasses might be about more than spying. So he has chosen going slowly blind over having people shout at him in the street. I don't really blame him but I am sad for him that a viable aid is now so stigmatised he is afraid to use it.

That said I do not trust Meta and fully expect them to use the devices for spying and harvesting data even if the wearer does not.

I really need to watch They Live

Super cool use of lenticulars.

The backlash says a lot about how people perceive always-on cameras.

Man, it's actually quite concerning seeing the amount of people in the Y-Combinator comments who flat out do not give a shit about the horrific privacy implications of this device.

Sure you might be comfortable with yourself using it out in the wild because you consider yourself sensible and trustworthy. You'd never use these glasses for any malfeasance.

But not everyone is you. And I'm personally not that comfortable with the idea of some stranger going around with a concealed camera recording whatever they please.

At least with a phone or action camera it's usually fairly obvious when someone is filming, and there's enough of a hurdle with "discreet" recording to prevent most perverts from doing it... But that's not the case with these glasses. Bleh.

Anything the Kar-crash-ians are involved with is a scam.

Watch the movie ‘they live’ which is where this is from