I mean I get it. Weird to have a private company walking monitoring device that proudly does so so they can… Upload more to social media? It just sorta marks you as a hyper user and in the past we would have doubted those types even came outside.
Like I would pair it with the people who have only clothes and decorated with souvenir items from some random brand. It IS a weird look.

But unfortunately Flock exists and they are everywhere, spun up in seconds with cameras just running light and are even easily hacked. So like privacy wise its less a concern but personally… Definitely not a fan and I get uncomfortable around them. I don’t want to be used for content or actively sold by you just for being near.

You can always cover your face in public. Islam is the light.

To be fair, you should have no expectation of privacy when in public. You’re constantly being recorded when in public whether you know it or not. If you keep this mindset then you can take steps to secure what little privacy is possible. Masks, hats, and IR blocking eyeglass lenses or sunglasses would be my protocol. And mindfully avoiding unscrupulous cameras. Also don’t discredit the power of blending in, become an unnoticeable object that blends into the background.

In private, if a friend was wearing them, you should have more expectation of privacy and should voice the concerns to the friend. And if they don’t care then walk away, they’re not a good friend anyways.

You don’t get it. The smart glasses don’t matter, man. The panopticon’s already built. What do you think the AI bubble is all about? Do you really believe $35 trillion’s in play over a bullshit generator that synthesizes pornography and tells you to kill yourself? All that compute is needed to integrate the data from the Flock cameras, the smart phones, the smart homes. It’s all connected, man, or it soon will be. Big Brother is here. You’ll never go unobserved, unrecorded, again.

I remember back in the 80s,.and SONY Walkman cassette players became a thing. I worked in a record store, and I was an early adopter, although I had to go with a knock-off because I couldn’t afford the SONY at $3.35 /hour minimum wage.

I loved being able to listen to music while I was driving (way better sounding than whatever shitty radio I had in my shitty car), park, get out, walk across the parking lot, through the mall, and to my store (or wherever), without stopping the music.

I quickly realized that as I walked through the mall, I would get really dirty looks from people, especially older ones. They really took offense at me minding my own business and listening to music. I’m sure they would have been more offended if I was just walking around with a boombox blasting on my shoulder, like the style in some places at the time.

I don’t know why they would care about me listening to music, or why they would think they have any right to let me know their opinion (through their visual cues), and mostly why I’d care what they’d think. I didn’t care what they thought about it, and I was offended that they presumed that I should care what they think.

There should be a law brought in so that any glasses fitted with cameras/microphones have to be clearly labeled (as in etched so it cant be removed) with a warning along the front face of the glasses and also make it to they can only be bright obnoxious high visibility colours like neon green/orange.

Lets see how “fashionable” they are when they make you look like a member of LMFAO.

I recently asked a friend to remove their meta glasses while we were out to eat. It was awkward for a moment but they were understanding, and we had a good talk about privacy and tech after.

https://futurism.com/future-society/woman-hero-smashing-meta-smart-glasses-subway

Having seen what people now accept I would not want to bet that these will fail. Never thought people would be OK with Google using their phone to record their exact location 24/7 and save a searchable history of it for example but it seems that never was even controversial. Same with phones and other dedicated little devices that are always listening…

There’s already people pointing smart cameras and mics hooked up to Meta that point at me everytime I go in public. That’s life in a major city where half the people have Facebook on their phone. The TVs have mics, there’s wifi security cameras everywhere with all kinds of terrible privacy policies. The smart glasses are tanking your anger right now but even if there were no glasses you are already surrounded

So no, you impotent nerds aren’t going to punch your way out of this predicament. I bet most of you couldn’t punch your way out of any predicament

;p

I would not stay nearby.

Imho this ‘trend’ will end:

• the day enough of the wearers start getting punched in the face. Not that I encourage anyone to do that, I don’t, but seeing how… angry and and willing to fight so many people already are, I can’t imagine it won’t happen more and more as those stupid glasses become more common.
• If enough people start shaming them/their behavior, and it becomes a hurdle to wear those in public.

Otherwise, it will probably become as ‘normal’ as messaging people sitting right next to you instead of, you know, talking to them.

met up with a family member once who was wearing them and i immediately put on a face mask.

I’m usually against punching people in the face from behind then running away…

Are there any glasses that block smart glasses available? Like a localized jammer, or like shining an IR light at a camera, sort of thing?

I would get a very powerful magnet and ruin their devices. That works right? Otherwise I’ll get a device that scrambles smart devices. Fuck Zuckerberg.