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Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses have earned the nickname "pervert glasses" — and a journalist's firsthand account reveals exactly why. Wearing them didn't just feel creepy; it made her start thinking like one. I break down the real surveillance threat these glasses pose, Meta's data exploitation playbook, and what we can actually do about it.

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[-] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You don't see any difference between ordinary citizens and police officers? Really?

I'll spell it out for you: police officers benefit from the presumption that their actions are justified in court. It takes an extraordinary burden of proof to contradict a cop's word.

That's why they should be strapped with body cams - and they shouldn't be allowed to turn them off, if you ask me: the cameras keep them in check and give ordinary citizens a tool to fight back bad policing.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Except we've seen numerous examples where woopsie the bodycam was off or the footage mysteriously was corrupted, would be a bit different if we also had civilian footage that contradicts it, think about how many cell phone videos have proven a cop was lying about a situation and apply that further.

I guess I just feel like it's a little overblown on the downsides with creeps being creepy, which they could already easily do with a cellphone or real cameras.

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