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This is going to be so illegal in EU
And yet, people keep using Meta stuff…
Vast majority of people are really stupid.
Only predators buy those glasses.
I’ve heard those sorts of glasses can be handy if you’re visually impaired and, say, clothes shopping. You can ask the glasses “hey, do these items match?”
Still creepy in the wild, but there are some valid use cases.
edit to add examples:
- https://youtube.com/shorts/XXzABpSE3TA The glasses give meh guidance for walking, but seem handy for reading a menu at a restaurant
- https://youtube.com/shorts/Vcatcvvkqac she demos shopping for dog treats and recording video when a car almost hits her
If they could make these glasses more privacy invading by making them useless for the visually impaired, they would.
You don’t need glasses for that, you could simply use an on-hand camera, maybe a special phone for those with vision problems
you’re visually impaired and, say, clothes shopping. You can ask the glasses “hey, do these items match?”
those are some fucking priorities. a little fashion over human rights
Yes, and anyone that buys these glasses to increase their independence is a predator, like the parent poster says. /s
to increase their independence? are you kidding me? then don’t be surprised when that so very important function to give clothing advice will suddenly become a subscription service with ever increasing fee! all the while still trampling on the privacy of everyone near you
Or people with a bad memory for faces and names, who find one of the most harrowing social situations to be when someone walks up to them and says “hey, how you doing?” With no recollection of who this person is or how they know you.
Oh yeah, that’s a good reason to aid the expansion of global surveillance. Let’s all be complicit with the police state because we can’t acknowledge our social anxieties with a bit of honesty.
Not what I was addressing. I was addressing a comment that said “only predators buy those glasses” by pointing out an obvious alternative motivation.
that kind of motivation is a bit like “its winter and I’m very cold, lets set the city to fire”. I guess it won’t be cold anymore for you! It’s not for wanting to harm other people, it’s just an obvious alternative motivation.
Even if there is some legitimacy to this motivation, it is very myopic and selfish.
How do you even protect yourself and your kids from this? Maybe I can mask up, but I can’t expect my partner or her kids to do the same.
Apparently quite a few people are developing ways to defect facial recognition https://www.stratecta.exchange/fashion-that-can-beat-facial-recognition-systems/
I was pleasantly surprised to find out Zenni now offers a near infrared blocking coating for their glasses.I had no idea there were so many methods
Has Zenni gotten rid of the polarized lenses? I checked a few sunglasses and couldn’t configure them with polarized lenses…
I thought all but the cheapest sunglasses were polarized nowadays, but I could be wrong.
Unfortunately, none of the local eyewear companies sell polarised sunglasses. The only exception is bicycle glasses, but I have no wish to look like wicked pepe
How does this “anti-papparazi” thing work?
Read the linked article. It goes through a lot methods.
I did read it but still can’t grasp it.
reflective particles in the garment nullify flash photography by fucking with the exposure to wash out other elements of the subject
here’s an example photo of Trevor Noah wearing one of these scarves without and with flash:
So it only works with flash on. Not that helpful, then?
yes but these are designed to deter a specific type of intrusion from paparazzi, hence their popularity with celebrities. if it was effective at all times, it would be blinding to the naked eye, which would limit its usefulness to most people.
