Backlash not strong enough imo but good news is good news.
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2026
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I was thinking about buying some for recording my kids' events like schools graduations, performances, etc. I just hate watching everything through my phone instead of them and thought this would give the best of both worlds. As it stands now I do a lot less recording so I don't "miss" it.
Now I'm thinking maybe I shouldn't.
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that's how a societly is supposed to work.
The amusing thing is put a gopro on your bike helmet, dashcam in your car? No problem. Camera on your face? Oh hells no.
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How tone deaf do you have to be to even buy them?
Pretty sure the only people buying these are literally tech reviewers and actual perverts.
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I feel weird even about wearing my sunglasses indoors. I do it only because I like bringing one pair out the door, it's very sunny out, and they're long-range prescriptions that help me read menus and signs.
Aside from the cameras, the obvious issue, as is with cops, is just constantly hiding your eyes for little reason.
OpenAI’s wearable hardware will be even better.
I dunno if it’s a pin or belt buckle or earpiece or what, but imagine such a thing with its camera always on, its microphone always recording and ready to talk back, plus whatever other sensors and data streams it has for “awareness.”
Even if they disable video recording on the thing, I think it will become taboo too.
I mean, in theory we do. An AR display or earpiece with lots of sensors would be cool.
But these companies have all poisoned the well. No one trusts them nor users on their platforms anymore.
EDIT: In case we forgot, half the problem with the Meta glasses IS Instagram. They created a space where macho jerks can get super rich live-streaming being a jerk, so of course thats what they will use the glasses for.
Otherwise it could be a neat idea, but we are not in that universe.
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And so they should be.
Exactly what other use would someone have out in public for a pair of glasses that silently and stealthily record the world around them on a whim?
Google was literally bashed for exactly this same reason with the Glass. Its not that people dislike the idea of portable recordings, that's what we have action cams for - it's the desperate attempt to conceal a recording device into glasses.
The market is basically only vloggers and perverts, and the vloggers are perfectly content with wearing way less creepy action cams.
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Did they really think "yes, let's make Glasshole v2" and nobody gave it a second thought?
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Fuck those glasses. But also, my brain can't let go of the question of "How would I feel if I saw a woman wearing these?". And honestly I'm not sure??? Like you could make an argument that at least they would deter creepy men?? Anyone got any thoughts on that?
For me it's less about the creepy wearer than it is about surveillance, billionaires, fascism, capitalism, AI training, resale of info, etc.
It's not as important WHO is wearing the camera glasses. A woman, a child, a cat? Where is the data going? What happens with the data? How will it be used for profit or for control which is profit again?
You know if some billionaire wasn't laughing all the way to the bank this would not be happening.
Why would these deter creeps if all the existing surveillance measures and social pressure we already have is evidently ineffective? You're talking about the sort of people that have no problem posting highly inappropriate comments on women's instagram profiles under their own name.
And at the end this is still a Meta product, which is at least 50 percent of the problem with these glasses. It's not just some private device, all that footage gets sucked into some big cloud to serve who knows what clandestine purpose.
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good!