Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers around the country.
  • artifex@piefed.socialEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I’m going to mod my regular glasses with a couple of ultra-bright IR LEDs and hope that these cameras do a crappy job of filtering it out.

  • AeronMelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    In Japan, it’s a law that even software cameras have to make a loud “shutter” sound to guard against voyeuristic photography.

    There’s a little cottage industry of third-party camera apps on the Japanese App Store that do little more than replace the default shutter sound with a custom sound… like silence.

  • joeljoelle@piefed.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Well I’m not sure if I need a light to indicate that I need to avoid people wearing these glasses.

    • sanity_is_maddening@piefed.socialEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I already said that I’m going to refuse to sit down with people wearing these if they don’t put them away when I ask them to. If they are not going to respect my sense of privacy and that I do not want to have spyglasses pointed at my face running surveillance for one of the most corrupted conglomerates, then I’m going to leave.

      They can all keep their “Cambridge Analytica Scandal Glasses” to themselves and their friends who do not know when they’re tasting boots.

      And no, I don’t even use WhatsApp. Nothing Meta has been in my life for quite a while. And it’s a fundamental right that I shouldn’t be forced to participate.

    • FishFace@piefed.socialEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Painting over the LED doesn’t work. There is a sensor in there that detects this, somehow (I don’t know exactly how). The pricetag is a testament to how much effort has gone into making it hard to bypass, but it’s obviously not going to be impossible.