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Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses (www.brusselstimes.com)
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“Experts in Europe warn that these devices are used to record strangers without their consent, possibly breaching EU law.”

“A small LED light is designed to indicate when recording is taking place, but RTBF's investigators found that tutorials explaining how to conceal the indicator are abundant and easily accessible online.”

Sometimes I have a hard time deciding who I despise more, parasite Mark Zuckerberg or its witless hosts who keep using its products—yes, Zuck's pronoun is it. Ban Ray-Ban, for frick's sake.

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[–] 28 points 3 months ago (20 children)

Even if the LED is visible, is this enough to consider it consensual?

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  • [–] 69 points 3 months ago (15 children)

    No, consent is saying yes or no, not wether or not I see a small LED (which can probably also be disabled by the savvy individual)

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    which can probably also be disabled by the savvy individual

    You don't need to be too savy to put a little piece of black tape over it

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    It is not that simple. It has a sensor to check if the led is covered.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Perhaps not a piece of black tape, sure--but it's not like there aren't options out there. A quick Bing provided plenty of links to research ways to circumvent the LED.

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  • [+] -7 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Tell that to some states in the US where there's a thing called "one-party consent", i.e. if one party knows about the recording (which the wearer obviously would), it's legal.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    That's for reccrding audio, iirc. Much more defensible and protects the little guy more. Eg, recording a meeting with an asshole boss

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    That's for audio, not video, but it does bring up a point - do these glasses record audio? Because that could be a legal defense in a two party consent state. It would essentially make it illegal in two party states. It also depends on whether audio in public is protected at all, the way video is.

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  • [–] [S] 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Even if the LED is visible, is this enough to consider it consensual?

    No. That would mean everyone in the world would have to be up-to-date with technological "advances", and that everyone would have the assertiveness to explicitly deny someone's attempt at filming / uphold their right to privacy. Not everyone is up-to-date, and definitely not everyone has the assertiveness, nor is there an equal balance of power between two parties. E.g., I know for sure that a lot of elder people walking in the forest would like to speak up to younger obnoxiously loud morons, but they don't because they know many people are too weak/underdeveloped/self-centered to handle criticism well, and therefore they remain silent out of fear for being physically assaulted.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    There is generally no such consent required in public in most countries

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