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Karasu

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34. We'll have to respectfully disagree on that, and I couldn't disagree more. Any potential positives of these things are

Reply to Polybius (Reply #22)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 02:39 AM

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so outweighed by all the cons that it's not a contest. This shit is the ultimate gift to the fascist surveillance state (why should everyday people need to contribute to this when the technofascist alliance is doing more than enough on that front?) and an absolute wet dream for stalkers and pedophiles. It's fucking absurd.

Meta themselves had stated that they were waiting for a time of great political chaos to release them because they were worried that the political scrutiny might be too great to get away with it otherwise.

Predictably, people on social media are already abusing them, an outcome that took zero effort whatsoever to foresee.

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Meta Is Toying With the Idea of Smart Glasses That Record Everything, All the Time [View all] highplainsdem Jul 8 OP

Is this the way of the future? RussBLib Jul 8 #1

It's more than a bit dystopian. I just added a paragraph about just how dystopian this might be to the OP. highplainsdem Jul 8 #4

Zuckerberg & masking tape Tasmanian Devil Jul 8 #2

He and other AI bros will do all they can to protect their own privacy. They just want to spy on us and highplainsdem Jul 8 #5

There's a market out there for technology that neutralizes this technology. jls4561 Jul 8 #3

1 party consent and 2 party consent.. ExtraGriz Jul 8 #6

The problem with these "2 party consent" laws and Meta Spy Glasses... jmowreader Thursday #29

If you use these glasses and give them even johnnyfins Jul 8 #7

Why would anyone waste their money on these glasses? Raftergirl Jul 8 #8

have you SEEN what people will waste their money on? Skittles Jul 8 #10

Yes, unfortunately, Raftergirl Jul 8 #14

They shouldn't even be legal in the first place. Karasu Jul 8 #16

That's a bit far Polybius Jul 8 #22

We'll have to respectfully disagree on that, and I couldn't disagree more. Any potential positives of these things are Karasu Thursday #34

a pox on everyone who has enabled that POS Zuckerberg Skittles Jul 8 #9

They already made that movie. hamsterjill Jul 8 #11

How will sensitive info be protected purr-rat beauty Jul 8 #12

What could possibly go wrong? Baitball Blogger Jul 8 #13

You mean like... jmowreader Thursday #30

Meta is Palantir levels of evil and shouldn't exist. I have no idea how so many people still justify using their Karasu Jul 8 #15

Glasses better have IR ... squiregeek Jul 8 #17

If someone shoves those glasses up Elon's rear end Wicked Blue Jul 8 #18

I think you meant Zuck Polybius Jul 8 #23

All these white billionaires look alike to me Wicked Blue Jul 8 #25

Pepper spray to the rescue. twodogsbarking Jul 8 #19

Citizens should trademark and/or copyright their faces so that when Zuck uses their likeness they can - in2herbs Jul 8 #20

You can't copyright your face jmowreader Thursday #31

Meta is just a bunch of perverts. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jul 8 #21

Hello Facebook users? luv2fly Jul 8 #24

They can F right off with that Bristlecone Jul 8 #26

Yet another reason I'm glad I'm a hermit Luciferous Jul 8 #27

The unanswered question: Why? Grins Jul 8 #28

Backin 2010, Zuckerberg said that privacy is no longer a "social norm". LudwigPastorius Thursday #32

lol, aside from being illegal in many states fujiyamasan Thursday #33

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