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Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway (futurism.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Remember the “old” saying that if the product is free, you’re the product? This is the end stage of that where unwilling and unknowing participants are now the product.

Also, anyone remember gargoyles from Snow Crash?

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Now you're the product even if your paid too