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Dilara was on her lunch break in the London store where she works when a tall man walked up to her and said: "I swear red hair means you've just been heartbroken."

The man continued the conversation as they both got in a lift, and he asked Dilara for her phone number.

What Dilara did not realise was that the man was secretly filming her on his smart glasses - which look like normal eyewear but have a tiny camera which can record video.

The footage was then posted to TikTok, where it received 1.3m views. "I just wanted to cry," Dilara, 21, told the BBC.

The man who filmed her, it turned out, had posted dozens of secretly filmed videos to TikTok, giving men tips on how to approach women.

Dilara also found out that her phone number was visible in the video. She then faced a wave of messages and calls.

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[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Not really. For the purposes of this conversation that doesn’t matter at all.

It does, because the statement that people are taking issue with:

Smart glasses and hidden cameras are two different products.

Is objectively correct and that was the only point they were trying to make. They were not claiming that it makes filming okay or that hidden cameras are not a problem.

The people are not responding to the actual words written by the person, they're replying the the subtext that they feel was implied.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Me: makes point

Online weirdo: akshually, you're wrong. Unrelated irrelevant details matter

You: yeah, ya idiot! It totally matters cuz we said so!

Edit: checks out completely that your only post on this platform is to claim you weren't being transphobic and making a big stink about it

[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

If you get so triggered when people point out that you're wrong, maybe you should spend more time reading a book and less time trying to be insulting.

Your comments read like you're an angsty teenager who is incapable of having a conversation like an adult.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yours read like a libertarian from the early 2000s who is definitely okay with some heinous shit but won't own up to it. Save your projecty reading recommendations for yourself.

[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago
[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

More projection. Seems I nailed it. Toxicly masculine insult and everything just to confirm.

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