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Meta Glasses will lock out camera features if the led light is tampered with. Privacy invading company makes it hard for customers to invade privacy. I have my opinions but these headlines are wild! (media.scored.co)
posted 6 days ago by Jack 6 days ago by Jack +36 / -0
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– m0r1arty 22 points 6 days ago +22 / -0

NSA already has a back door that turns on every camera and microphone without anyone's knowledge, China will have a cheaper model that's compatible in no time and this is just another tussle on the chain of authority from the usual suspects at rag mags trying to be relevant.

Nothing burger, but you are right for posting it as it seems this will be some new 'misogyny in Maui Jims' or 'oogler in Oakleys' to use as clickbait.

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– Jack [S] 8 points 6 days ago +8 / -0

Yeah, what got me to post was because I never knew how the left felt about smart glasses until I read the comment section of the gizmodo article.

Apparently it's creepy if you have a camera on your face. Sure, that's like a 2/10 take, but coming from a liberal I automatically suspect they really dislike individuals having the ability to record on command for a different reason lol.

I can't wait for the lawsuit where someone is recording a chimpout and gets attacked because the led light gave him away.

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– Prof_Chaos 11 points 6 days ago +11 / -0

... because the led light gave him away.

There's already acrylic inserts to block the light. This "issue" was solved a long time ago.

Meta doesn't really care either, only to say they did "something" and "hear our customer's concerns."

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– whatlike_withacloth 4 points 6 days ago +4 / -0

Yea I was wondering if it can detect black paint? A little spot of vantablack and, unless it's got some external sensor that captures the light from the LED (it doesn't), then problem solved. If the LED detects that it's covered, that seems like any smudge would result in a malfunction. Also it wouldn't work in the dark. Idk, seems pretty easily defeated by simple physical means.

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– Jack [S] 3 points 5 days ago +3 / -0

I forgot the details, but the sensor tries to match brightness when you use the camera if you obstruct the sensor it won't let you use the camera, the workaround is to block the camera and the sensor so they match in brightness (darkness), then you can record videos but not take photos because all you'll take is a photo of your palm.

What meta is doing now they're going to put in a mandatory update so if they detect you tampered with or disabled with led light, typically people drill them out, your camera function will no longer work.

How do they do it? I imagine all they gotta do is do a led test with the sensor without the camera being activated, if the sensor doesn't pick up intermittent burst of brightness, the led must not be functional, disable camera.

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– WeedleTLiar 5 points 6 days ago +5 / -0

I think I'd install extra LEDs to ensure the chimps know they're being recorded in the first place.

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– harzkb54 5 points 5 days ago +5 / -0

Notice how ALL three articles have WHITE skin people. More antiwhite bigotry from the k1ke media.

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– SophiesBoyfriend 5 points 6 days ago +5 / -0

zuck knows. he don’t care.

https://x.com/hokeypokey70/status/2070432879545356776

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