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Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses (www.brusselstimes.com)
submitted 4 months ago* by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Filming by itself isn't illegal in Germany, but publishing the footage without consent of everyone in the video is. ("Recht am eigenen Bild") Don't know how this applies if the perpetrator is from the USA and publishes the recording there, though.

And even if - good luck in suing someone from the US while you're still in Germany.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    You could at least get it taken down from YouTube through German privacy rights, since it was filmed in Germany.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Yeah, probably. But this doesn't help much when the damage is already done, i.e. people have already commented bad things. And might even entice people (that might've downloaded it) to upload it again. Also, not sure whether this works as easy on e.g. TikTok.

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