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Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses (www.brusselstimes.com)
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“Experts in Europe warn that these devices are used to record strangers without their consent, possibly breaching EU law.”

“A small LED light is designed to indicate when recording is taking place, but RTBF's investigators found that tutorials explaining how to conceal the indicator are abundant and easily accessible online.”

Sometimes I have a hard time deciding who I despise more, parasite Mark Zuckerberg or its witless hosts who keep using its products—yes, Zuck's pronoun is it. Ban Ray-Ban, for frick's sake.

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[–] RoddyStiggs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I'm being filmed without my consent by corporations everywhere I go

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yes but they have the right

[–] FLP22012005@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

In Europe, they often don't. Enforcement is difficult though.

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, unwritten laws are a silly idea.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 1 points 44 minutes ago

Thank goodness they wrote in down then.

https://gdpr-info.eu/