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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

LinuxBender wrote: post #862
rollcat wrote: post #831

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> some sort of personal scrambler We're nearly at the "Foundation" levels of surveillance tech, but with no countermeasures in sight to oppose that. Even resisting web browser fingerprinting is difficult.

A Halloween costume that changes the shape of the body and face should suffice. Let's all dress up as "V" from V for Vendetta. Some would say a persons gait can give them away so we can all walk or sashay like a runway model. The costume needs an RF blocking pocket for fondle slabs. I can picture this happening. Low tech, affordable, concept can be applied to any costume. Optional platform boots to balance peoples he…

An old, low-tech way to change gait, is to put a small pebble in your shoe.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by smolder »

ponyous wrote: post #745
jeremyjh wrote: post #148

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Presumably they monetize by selling your real-time location and live video feed to your local surveillance authorities or political enemies.

Is there any source that can back this up? I can't imagine my local police paying to have live locations at all times.

You can't imagine police departments that buy stingray devices and spy illegally with them to also pay for surveillance data? Anyway for real time tracking, police stations can likely get the feds involved which get that info from your telco, who are best buddies with the federal government.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by ilrwbwrkhv »

leros wrote: post #864

I looked at these at RayBan the other day. They're pretty cool especially for the price, but requiring a Meta account and Meta app ruined it for me.

Yup after what they forced us with oculus quest I'm never buying a meta device again. Also they are very poor on repairs and parts. I broke one of the quest controllers and never got a replacement.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by _Algernon_ »

washywashy wrote: post #820

We need to invent something that does the opposite now where individuals could wear something that prevents them from showing up in someone else’s content without explicit digital consent (some sort of personal scrambler). I don’t think the LED feature listed on this product page will often be honored by most people who will use these shades

Like that suit in A Scanner Darkly.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by autoexec »

rollcat wrote: post #837
barrysteve wrote: post #833

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Nobody with an effective countermeasure is going to share it, or even let you know it exists. The days of open communication about privacy (lol) are long gone!

There are strong incentives for secrecy (military applications), hence encryption which provides solid foundations for private communication in civilian tech. I wonder if counter-surveillance tech could take the same route (e.g. ordinary soldiers can no longer afford to not carry a smartphone -> strong incentive to protect them from tracking; maybe I'm extrapolating too far).

It's more likely that the military would provide soldiers with phones using a special version of Android with less tracking than it is that they'd mandate Google stop snooping on everybody for national security reasons. They take advantage of the data Google collects, the fact that everyone is carrying a mobile wire (mic and camera) filled with radios collecting and broadcasting location info, and that for many people a single device they carry acts as a treasure trove of information on them, who they've been talking to, and what they've been doing.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by smolder »

diffeomorphism wrote: post #791
esafak wrote: post #69

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"Smart" glasses erode everyone's privacy unlike any other technology. Cameras and cell phones have to be held up to record. Glasses can stream effortlessly and continuously, without anyone's consent. If that is not reason enough to object what more do you want, my fist in your face?

Nah, earbuds and phones could do audio recording just fine and for longer. Adding video does not make it "unlike any other", so this is rather a minor erosion on top. > Glasses can stream effortlessly and continuously For a rather limited time duration and with a glowing light and with actually quite a bit of effort. > without anyone's consent. Why? You still need the same amount of consent as with any other camera.

Adding video is not a minor erosion on top of recording from a microphone.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by bArray »

Crosseye_Jack wrote: post #826
bArray wrote: post #821

> Live-stream* > *Feature requires 5G Wi-Fi or mobile data and minimum ambient temperature condition of at least 5°C. Performance varies based on user location, device battery, temperature, Internet connectivity and interference from other devices, and many other factors. Connection is understandable (although in some cases 4G will actually be faster). But that temperature requirement for operation is actually quite…

Just thinking out loud. Battery damage at a guess. Video streaming can be pretty power hungry (you’re running the camera, encoding the video, and flinging those bits over the air) on a device that sits on your face. Depending on the construction of the device you can rely on the heat from doing that work to warm the battery up so not so bad (think your smart phone, which also spends most of its time in your pocket wh…

> Battery damage at a guess. Video streaming can be pretty power hungry (you’re running the camera, encoding the video, and flinging those bits over the air) on a device that sits on your face.

I thought about that, but surely internal battery resistance would be lower at lower temperatures?

The other thing I thought about is some movable part of the device, such as a lens that has some actuation. You might just refuse to work at near freezing temperatures to prevent damage to that?

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Post by paul7986 »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #666
paul7986 wrote: post #606

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Once smart glasses run solidly and can run mind blowing innovation / apps solidly too they are the next smart phone. Such innovations will sell smart glasses like apps drove smart phone sales. I think my argument is helped by the billions both Facebook and Apple are putting into smart glasses.

> my argument is helped by the billions both Facebook and Apple are putting into smart glasses I accept the latter, though discard the former: they were trend following VR. I also think Apple, savvily, doesn’t brand the Vision Pro as a pair of glasses. And it doesn’t look like that’s the vision (no pun intended). It’s something that’s put on and taken off. Not kept on continuously. By the way, I accept the vision. Ju…

In zuckerberg's speech he shows one of many innovations that will drive all current sunglass wearers to switch to smart sunglasses which is the glasses keeping score of your tennis, ping pong ..card game ..whatever game and displaying the score in your view.

Though His example really just shows the glasses telling the player the tennis or pickle ball was out of bounds. I've just expanded it to keeping score of whatever game and or counting things in front of you to counting how many in a room to etc etc etc ones imagination can think of. The glasses will make life easier and in a magical way that drives all sunglass wearers (about 75 to 90 percent of the entire global population) to switch to smart glasses.

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Post by baby »

pmontra wrote: post #749
baby wrote: post #568

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Just take them off when you have lunch? That’s what I do with my sunglasses

People don't do that with their prescription glasses. They also don't take off their sunglasses if they are having lunch outside in a bright place.

My sunglasses are prescription glasses and I do that.

Re: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

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Post by baby »

herbst wrote: post #724
baby wrote: post #566

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Rayban is famous worldwide tho

To be fair they are barely relevant in my circle and more a fashion piece for the older generation. It's not like teenager or young people around here think it's cool to have expensive cheaply made glasses

I guess I'm part of the older generation being in my 30s, what are teenagers wearing these days?
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