There is already a big backlash with these glasses, they've become colloquially known as "perv glasses" and it's been proposed to make them illegal to use in some places!

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ghm2180 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah I don't think I like the idea of someone wearing them and looking at me. They can just paint or tape over the privacy light.

There is a path forward though. If they can strip out pictures of people and PII by default from video feed and enforce explicit consent(digitally). People might be open to adopting it. I think only apple kind of has any where near that level of trust.

I think a biggest belief that tech people have in pilled circles at Meta and Google is that " this is amazing why would people not use it?" is dead.

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timschmidt 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> I think only apple kind of has any where near that level of trust.

I'll trust them when I can inspect their source code and chip schematics.

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ghm2180 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It does not matter if you trust them as long as non technical people do. Because HN crowd is less than 1% or people. People trust apple way more than meta.

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benoau 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> People trust apple way more than meta.

I think it's more a case of the HN crowd trusts Apple way more than Meta.

Meta has ~3.5 billion users while Apple has ~2.5 billion users and Meta is one of their top app developers, which suggests people trust both of these companies way more than they should.

	▲	ZnerflBerp 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		"Trust" and "use the services of" are very different things

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microtonal 25 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If they can strip out pictures of people and PII by default from video feed and enforce explicit consent(digitally).

Seriously, trust Meta to do anything privacy preserving? Besides that, they also record audio.

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SoftTalker 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> strip out pictures of people and PII by default

You trust Meta to do this unfailingly, without making an exception for themselves which you will consent to somwhere in a 30 page user agreement or a dark pattern in the UI?

That goes against the very soul of their being as demonstrated by everything they've done to date.

	▲	ghm2180 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If meta actually wanted to sell consumer electronics to people. They have no choice but to actually compete with apple and apple will beat them in the poll "would you buy this exactly same ___ device from Apple or Meta?" at least today in 2026.