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amelius 4 hours ago

People do that on my subway all the time.

It's the camera of their smartphone.

Not sure if it's ON though.

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voidUpdate 4 hours ago | parent [-]

They point the camera of their smartphone directly at you?

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randallsquared 4 hours ago | parent [-]

At everything on the opposite side of the screen, typically. There is a recording light for Meta glasses, but not one for iPhones, for example: the "recording" indicators are all user-side there.

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voidUpdate 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

When I'm on public transport, people generally face their phones in such a way that they'd only be filming your feet or the floor... They don't hold them up at head height in such a way that other people would be recorded. Maybe it's just a cultural thing

	▲	amelius 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Examples: https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/922925/view/three-people-... https://www.istockphoto.com/nl/foto/happy-woman-using-smart-...

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wolvoleo 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Usually they are pointed at the ground when they're reading off them.