The glassholes have returned. This time incognito.
At least they have "Ray Ban" written fairly large on the side, I'll certainly avoid people wearing Ray Bans in the near future.
Ireland raises privacy question over Facebook smart glasses
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#22What is “L1N2QC2KU”?
Only place I can find it is in variants of this article. Maybe the author of the original pasted their password by mistake while they were working on it and the proofreader thought it was a code name or something.
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#23So am i the only one where this would be social suicide wearing such things? Maybe someone can explain
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#24This is exactly what I thought when I first saw them. The LED can be easily covered, and they look too much like normal sunglasses for the average person to notice.
Day after day, my loathing for Facebook grows.
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#25great, so my RayBan wayfarer glasses will soon be regarded as suspicious
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#26Can we just look back to all the stories about Google Glass a few years back and repeat them?
The problem with these is that they're essentially masquerading as normal sunglasses. I don't think most people in public will even notice that these aren't normal Ray Bans. Google Glass wasn't effective in part due to the fact that they were obvious to those around the wearer. That's not the case with these, which is frankly terrifying.
> I don't think most people in public will even notice that these aren't normal Ray Bans
Most people will not even be aware such devices exist. Here, on HN, there's an assumption that everyone is or will soon be up-to-date with tech news. But, the world outside of HN is way, way larger.
I bet most people won't know what is going on even if they notice the eyeglasses have an LED that's on. It's not like an LED is a universal signal for "your privacy is cancelled now".
Re: Ireland raises privacy question over Facebook smart glasses
#27The glassholes have returned. This time incognito.
"spyctacles"
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#28These glasses look ridiculous, i can’t understand how a brand like ray-ban throws their name in for what looks like spy glasses https://www.ray-ban.com/usa/electronics/RW4004%20UNISEX%20RA...
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#29“Smart” is almost an exaggeration in this case. They don’t have any AR, so it’s just a camera basically, as far as I heard.
Smartphone aren't smart either.
They were when they appeared. That is, in comparison to the phones that existed at that time, which are now known as "dumb phones". Now, smartphones are the normal.
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The problem with these is that they're essentially masquerading as normal sunglasses. I don't think most people in public will even notice that these aren't normal Ray Bans. Google Glass wasn't effective in part due to the fact that they were obvious to those around the wearer. That's not the case with these, which is frankly terrifying.
It's hard for me to articulate how this makes me feel. As someone who values anonymity and, for no particular reason, would prefer not to be photographed and have my movements tracked, I feel like I am being forced from public spaces. Regulated CCTV coverage of certain areas is one thing. This is untracked, unlimited surveillance by a private company whose goals and motives are completely removed from any semblance o…
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