<![CDATA[“Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.”]]>“Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.”

Which will apply to him and the other 7 million and rising wearers of Meta Ray-Bans

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Smart glasses are 'an invasion of privacy' - Meta's are selling better than ever

The biggest tech firms are set to sell millions of smart glasses despite growing privacy concerns.

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Its worse than assault, by a long shot.

A punch in the face leaves a black eye for a week. This invasion of humanity wrecks a human for years or decades.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/crankylinuxuser/statuses/116569247936174243https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/crankylinuxuser/statuses/116569247936174243Wed, 13 May 2026 20:52:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:27:09 GMT]]>@Photo55 @urlyman so you don't think that the generally-pretty-visible nature of GoPro cameras mounted on helmets makes them fundamentally different to a camera surreptitiously embedded in glasses frames?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/narpoleptic/statuses/116568439485139890https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/narpoleptic/statuses/116568439485139890Wed, 13 May 2026 17:27:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:59:09 GMT]]>@neonsnake I have lots of bad ones ;(
That last one was a careful lining up on Queen St at the end of lockdown, and then that processionary interaction happened. Unplanned, not really even waiting for a significant moment, but it arrived!

Myanmar was too hot for me to be clever. Visiting family.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116568329415483137https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116568329415483137Wed, 13 May 2026 16:59:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:41:46 GMT]]>@neonsnake I have an inherited TLR but have never taken a photo with it.
Of modern cameras the ones with hinged rear screens can be hung in a similar way. I prefer to hold it up, generally.
Street isn't really my thing, but there's occasionally something.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116568261012932062https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116568261012932062Wed, 13 May 2026 16:41:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:26:13 GMT]]>@rachel @urlyman I'd suggest chasing them for other crimes and torts.
Or decide their conduct has disturbed the peace and hit them with the spanner. (This is not legal advice, but if Police find themselves involved that Common Law offence might well be deployed. Not spanners though.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567963920689571https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567963920689571Wed, 13 May 2026 15:26:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:20:02 GMT]]>@Photo55 @urlyman I guess the only way we will know if if it ends up in court and, to be honest, I hope it never needs to be

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norfolk.social/users/rachel/statuses/116567939629324952https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norfolk.social/users/rachel/statuses/116567939629324952Wed, 13 May 2026 15:20:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:13:02 GMT]]>@neonsnake
: are you old enough to remember s?
But yes, street photographers have tended to use 35mm range finder cameras before the was common, and after.
And plate cameras before that. Almost as conspicuous as a painter.

If asked what they are doing, saying "Art" seems to still go down quite well, as well as being true.

Round here people are slightly interested and moderately helpful. As one should be.
In Yangon, in the happy gap, they were rather pleased.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567912108532512https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567912108532512Wed, 13 May 2026 15:13:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 14:52:38 GMT]]>@rachel @urlyman but covert photography with a concealed device is the opposite of deliberately creating fear, isn't it.

There are other laws, which are accurately applicable, and less confusionable.

Here.

"See this spanner, I'm going to hit you with it unless you {do thing: refrain from assaulting me with contrary opinions?? 😉 }" is assault, or may be - IANAL - but "{silence}" {invisible spanner} {absence of condition} might be many bad things, but doesn't seem to be assault.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567831905453545https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567831905453545Wed, 13 May 2026 14:52:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 14:35:42 GMT]]>@Photo55 @urlyman more a case of context, as is always the case.
Photography in a public place, fair enough (and, indeed, protected in law). Photography likely to create a fear of harm, such as taking video of someone where they would normally expect privacy, is assault. Always has been.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norfolk.social/users/rachel/statuses/116567765312752082https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norfolk.social/users/rachel/statuses/116567765312752082Wed, 13 May 2026 14:35:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:31:38 GMT]]>@urlyman ah yes. Alice in Wonderland covered that.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567513371022432https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567513371022432Wed, 13 May 2026 13:31:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:29:37 GMT]]>@Photo55 We disagree. My choice of word is multi-layered. You don’t like it. That’s fine

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/116567505450745348https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/116567505450745348Wed, 13 May 2026 13:29:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:27:32 GMT]]>@urlyman oh well, that's all right then, as would be any consequences to others.

Metaphor?
I'm recall someone claiming that a fork is a metaphor. For a fork.
It didn't seem to me a useful use of language.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567497261710066https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567497261710066Wed, 13 May 2026 13:27:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:25:21 GMT]]>@neonsnake @urlyman
Meta, BTW, are well-known to be vile and pleased by it.
Bad people do bad things.
Good people much less often, and usually less bad things.

Look to the other crimes of the bad people, not focus on equipment.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567488692450885https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567488692450885Wed, 13 May 2026 13:25:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 13:22:42 GMT]]>@neonsnake @urlyman
I agree about that.
Locally, if one were carrying a spanner along the pavement, one might be asked to explain why.
The same could reasonably be applied to the camera-equipped eyewear, possibly involving some rather carefully-drafted primary legislation, although I suspect that's unfeasibly hard.

But the problem recently complained of is _behaviour_, and there is law already about attributing images and speech to people hence the difference between street photo and advert.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567478293494420https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567478293494420Wed, 13 May 2026 13:22:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:25:06 GMT]]>@rachel @urlyman
I of course believe anything you tell me.
Except that violence means recording the appearance of someone.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567251754019815https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567251754019815Wed, 13 May 2026 12:25:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:23:26 GMT]]>@peachfront @urlyman
Are you actually well?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567245207069658https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116567245207069658Wed, 13 May 2026 12:23:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:48:24 GMT]]>@Photo55 @urlyman

your daughter's use case appears to be white-washing the destruction of privacy & the ability of others, including victims of domestic violence, to go out in public without being spied upon

let's be real, she does not need to be "steady recording from atop a horse" unless she's a f'n police officer & from her uniform & position we members of the public already know she's a f'n instrument of the state

sheesh people, this ain't rocket science, it's human decency

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/peachfront/statuses/116567107476264850https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/peachfront/statuses/116567107476264850Wed, 13 May 2026 11:48:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:44:14 GMT]]>@MyWoolyMastadon @jackeric @hydropsyche @urlyman that's disappointing. This guy complained that he was unable to cover the light without stopping the camera working, so I thought that the manufacturer had at least an iota of morality.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/AbramKedge/statuses/116567091076501671https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/AbramKedge/statuses/116567091076501671Wed, 13 May 2026 11:44:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:43:02 GMT]]>@Photo55 @urlyman yes, photography, or the threat of photography that could cause distress to the subject, can be assault.
Assault is the threat of violence, not the violence itself. You’re thinking of battery.

Many people are convicted of assault without ever hitting anyone.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norfolk.social/users/rachel/statuses/116567086398665390https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norfolk.social/users/rachel/statuses/116567086398665390Wed, 13 May 2026 11:43:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:40:33 GMT]]>@jackeric @hydropsyche @AbramKedge @urlyman

Amazon sells stickers meant to cover up the LED light on the Ray Bans. 😡

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/MyWoolyMastadon/statuses/116567076584919293https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/MyWoolyMastadon/statuses/116567076584919293Wed, 13 May 2026 11:40:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:33:29 GMT]]>@urlyman @futurebird This might be useful.

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attempting to detect smart glasses nearby and warn you - yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://society.oftrolls.com/users/mansr/statuses/116567048797577750https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://society.oftrolls.com/users/mansr/statuses/116567048797577750Wed, 13 May 2026 11:33:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:29:34 GMT]]>@hydropsyche @AbramKedge @urlyman see also Andrew Hutchison, a nurse, caught taking photos in a sports centre changing room leading to discovery of more photos of serial abuse he committed at the hospital

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/jackeric/statuses/116567033429826811https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/jackeric/statuses/116567033429826811Wed, 13 May 2026 11:29:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:14:34 GMT]]>@futurebird me neither but I am sure as hell on the lookout for them now

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/116566974425609703https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/116566974425609703Wed, 13 May 2026 11:14:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.” on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:10:58 GMT]]>@urlyman @greg_harvey @rachel
Hat from 1978, Radio Shack catalog number 60-3005

Waybacked (because this slop.txt website is blocking with clownflare):
https://web.archive.org/web/20260513105434/https://www.radios1.com/radio-shack-fire-helmet.html

Great story, including what looks like a real comment from the author's Mom:
https://dfarq.homeip.net/radio-shack-fire-chiefs-helmet/
"I don’t remember who got the helmet for me, but I got it for Christmas. From what I understand, it was a popular passive-aggressive gift to give to the kids of someone you were mad at. Maybe that’s how I got mine."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/dec23k/statuses/116566960289510797https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/dec23k/statuses/116566960289510797Wed, 13 May 2026 11:10:58 GMT