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DEF CON bans Meta-style 'pervert glasses' (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Nobody has any control over where dashcam videos go, or where videos we take with our phones go… but those are okay. If I put my phone on an armband or a shirt pocket and record, isn’t that basically the same thing as having camera glasses?

I’m fine with someone recording with a camera in public, that’s all cool. But I don’t wanna be anywhere near anything connected to Facebook. I don’t want my pictures there, or my words, or anything to do with me.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It hits a little differently if you’ve ever been a victim of sexual harassment.

    If your put a camera anywhere on your person that surreptitiously records people without their consent, I think anyone has the right to presume you’re a pervert, and act accordingly

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    You’re not gonna believe this lul

    I just feel differently. Another poster mentioned bathrooms though and that’s a very good point. If I ever did have a camera that recorded stuff I see locally like a dashcam, I’d take it off, turn it off, and put it in my bag before I entered a private-public space like that.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I guess it depends on where you are from. Data protection is taken relatively seriously where I come from (Germany), and dashcams are heavily regulated (in theory). Dashcam footage must be non-continuous and triggered by specific events, e.g., a collision. It is not meant to be saved or archived without a valid reason.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I personally don't want to be recorded. I dont have a choice in the matter with it not being illegal, but I'll avoid people who are obviously recording when possible.

    Can't do much about people going out of their way to be discrete, but if they are trying to be discrete those people tend to be people who are aware others don't like it but don't care what others think.

    But I don’t wanna be anywhere near anything connected to Facebook.

    Same. That's pretty much why. It doesn't matter if it isn't a Facebook device. People might be recording to upload to facebook related socials or end up reposting on facebook media socials. Its an uploading sharing social media society we live in.

    I'm not going to go out of my way to stop someone recording. That just makes you stand out more, and end up content. So even if something is legal and people aren't doing anything it doesn't mean they are willingly consenting. They've accepted that's how it is.

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