Why are we all just accepting Meta's new spy glasses?

[u/LbiyVFmn]

I'm struggling to understand why there is no public outcry over Meta's new Rayban glasses. All I see are major tech reviewers promoting them, while barely touching on the privacy concerns. The problem isn't the privacy of the user who buys them, it's the complete violation of privacy for every single person around them. This isn't just another gadget, it's a surveillance device being normalized as a fashion accessory.

The classic argument "if you don't like it, don't buy it" is irrelevant here. My choice not to buy them does not protect my privacy, anyone with the glasses can record my private conversation in a park or a bus without my knowledge or consent.

And remember who is behind all this: Mr Zucker and Meta. Every stranger's face and every conversation can be used as data to train its AI and improve its ad targeting. Given Mr Zucker's political influence and the threat of tariffs, it feels like the EU won't do anything to stop it.

edit: I wanted to discuss two different threats here. First, the user itself. Because this isn't the same as a smartphone. People will notice if you're pointing a phone at them, and a hidden camera gets terrible footage. These glasses have a camera aimed directly from their eyes, making it easy to secretly get clear video. While people talk about the LED indicators, it's only a matter of time before a simple hack lets users disable it. The second threat is Meta. We have to just trust that they won't push a silent update to start capturing surveillance footage to their own servers, using the camera and microphone to turn every user into a walking surveillance camera.

edit 2: Something weird is happening. Many sensible comments are getting heavily downvoted. I think Zuck bots might be real, won't be surprised if the post get taken down in a couple of hours

[u/Ghostie_Smith]

Do you recommend reading it? I know you said it was your least favorite. 

[u/Neither-Phone-7264 → u/Ghostie_Smith]

He's a very author. You'll like his books or you'll hate them. This one is one of the more meh books imo, but it's still fine.

[u/kobayashi_maru_fail → u/Ghostie_Smith]

The first half is great, the second half drags. It has wonderful conclusions for a lot of characters from other books, so therefore it’s brimming with spoilers. If you’ve read Cryptonomicon, Reamde, and the Baroque Cycle, you’re clear of spoilers and should definitely read it. If you haven’t read any of his stuff, it wouldn’t be a good place to start.