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Meta sparks privacy fears after unveiling $299 Smart Glasses with hidden cameras: ‘You can now film everyone without them knowing’ (nypost.com)

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Meta sparks privacy fears after unveiling $299 Smart Glasses with hidden cameras: ‘You can now film everyone without them knowing’::These stylish shades may look like a regular pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers, but they're actually Meta's new Smart Glasses, complete with two tiny cameras and speakers implanted in the arms. The wearable tech was unveiled by Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday at the 2023 Meta Connect conference in Menlo Park, California, sparking a frenzy online.

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[-] orizuru@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

I imagine it wouldn't take long until someone finds a way to disable that LED.

[-] livedeified@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

looks like a sharpie would do the trick

[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Doesn't work while covered, there's a sensor in the light

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Spoof the measured sensor value

[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Right, trivial. Or just buy a tiny $4 spy camera off AliExpress lol

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