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[–] 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

I hope the glasses break on their face. But:

The two customers were, in fact, recording Hinkle, and the entire exchange was turned into content for social media.

...Can people not see this is the root problem?

These asswipes make a living being asswipes because Google, Meta, or Tiktok pay them to. Thats the root incentive. Most wouldnt risk all that trouble unless it was their living.


In other words, I dont want the moral of the story to be "this wouldnt happen without Meta glasses." The platform subsidizing those glasses is the ultimate problem.

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

    I see a lot of honest YouTubers who break their backs putting together quality educational hobby content and over time I have followed some as their numbers climb and it turns into more of a full time thing for them.

    And then I see these brainrot morons pulling down 1000x the numbers and it’s just crushing. I guess people would rather eat shit than vegetables.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I guess people would rather eat shit than vegetables.

    It's not entirely their choice. The algorithm decides what's presented.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    It does so based on their inputs though. That doesn’t mean people are entirely in charge, but I think it’s wrong to say they have no involvement and just receive whatever the silicon genie dictates.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I don't understand this argument. Yes the algorithm is pretty bad and pushes a lot of random trash content but YouTube has always offered a way to get away from the algorithm, and even now today they haven't broken it. Just subscribe to the channels you're interested in and don't go on the home page. End of problem

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  • [–] 29 points 2 months ago

    Pervert glasses are also great for corporate espionage

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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    What if we punished crimes instead of monetizing them? We've had a multimedia Internet for a generation now, we could do this.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 months ago (16 children)

    Businesses need to start banning smart glasses with cameras or at least require the cameras to be covered with tape.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I remember when you couldn't have camera phones a lot of business. Seems like these would be prohibited simply from a security standpoint. Harassment would just be another reason on top of that.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Yeah, literal camera pointed at computer screens, with a view of fingers on the keyboard, and who knows what apps installed with access. Anyone who does that should be fired as they are a danger to the organization.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I was working in a telecom closet on a military base and one of my coworkers called me to ask a question. I had already been told absolutely no photos. A camera in the room picked up the lens on my phone when I answered it and two MPs were dispatched to apprehend me.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I was in the military XX years ago, camera phones were becoming a thing. We were allowed to bring it into camp, just not allowed to take photos. That was before Android time, I was on a dump Samsung flip phone with a 0.x MP camera. 😅

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago* (7 children)

    People need to start being more violent to gargoyles. You wear rayban, you risk getting popped without warning.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    I'm so in for this. I am so tired and disgusted about how we let these influencers and content retards allow normal people to be turned into shitposts on the internet. If we started beating the hell out of these little shits a decade ago we woudnt have this problem. Luckely Ive never had anyone ever pull a camera on me in public. But I'm pretty sure I'd go to jail for whatever happens next.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (4 children)

    Maybe you should just go to jail pre-emptively, if you can't control your violent urges.

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

    Many places already do this with cellphones. It shouldn't be different for such glasses. Using recording equipment is rarely appropriate in a workplace.

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  • [–] 45 points 2 months ago

    Meta is a menace.

    Period.

    Full stop.

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

    My new go to is to stop the conversation, tell them to tell their glasses, out loud, to stop recording. If they dont then that conversation is over.
    Period.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    There are legitimate uses for head mounted cameras that track your focus.

    There are none for these devices that try to obfuscate their presence.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    I hate that I had to retire my Raybans to home use only. They look exactly like meta glasses.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Sucks to lose the investment, but better than being punched in the face for looking like a pervert.

    Wonder if Rayban owners can sue them for their money back now that they're unwearable by anyone with sense.

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

    There is only ONE good thing the meta glasses are for and it's blind people. They are immensely useful to help the blind and low vision users to navigate the world. Other than that, they should not able to exist.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    As usual the disabled are the first to get hurt by all the bullshit people do. Guarantee one of these lemmy badasses who wants to run around hitting people is going to hit a blind person for just trying to get around.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Started a new job last Monday. Was pleasantly surprised by them having already banned perv glass.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    The bar my girlfriend works out has preemptively banned them. They haven't actually had an issue with them but management feel that banning them is good advertising. It probably is too.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I'll never understand why Google Glass were so offensive but these are just fine

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    "A social internet cleansed of all content that takes advantage of others would be quite empty." I'm not seeing a problem here.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago*

    Also no it wouldn't, there's plenty of interesting content on the internet. Almost all content on the internet has been self-published, content that has been published of someone without their consent constitutes a tiny fraction of all available content.

    Far apart from the ethical issues I would find a video of some guy hitting on a girl who wasn't interested to just be very boring. Why is that content anyone wants to watch?

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    [–] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

    I was chatting with our CEO the other day and the topic of recording glasses came up. He said they are band in the company, and they've had conversations with their lawyers, that also say not to allow them. I was happy to hear that.

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

    I like the image of a parade of glasses marching down the marketing isle, playing all kinds of different instruments, much more pleasing.

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