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  • https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49785429
    by pluc
  • Reading this inspired me that it would be nice if there were a do-not-film-me standard: your mobile phone sends out a do-not-film-me request with a (rotating) hash of your facial biometrics via Bluetooth. All cameras (glasses, phones, etc.) then blur your face in recordings.

    Similarly, a venue could request a do-not-film-this-venue setting and make sure no photos are taken at a party.

    by ldes
  • I think the panic around smart glasses cameras is so strange, it's SO much easier to be a creep with a phone recording. You'll see it all the time if you're paying attention. Everyone is already on their phones anyhow, and especially with "creep shots" your head is a massive giveaway; with a smart phones, not so much, it can be placed anywhere. What practically could someone record without their knowledge that isn't already widely and more easily available through a smartphone? I just don't get it.

    I do understand recording maybe during a sexual act or something without knowledge, but even that is probably just as easy with a phone. Feels like everyone is focusing on the wrong thing, given that level of privacy has already been eradicated and no one is going to give up their phones.

    by partiallypro
  • > Shows the evidence behind every flag, so you can disagree with it

    > Logs every Bluetooth device it hears, glasses or not

    How much AGI is required before LLMs stop putting totally irrelevant technical details into marketing copy?

    by rafram
  • Dunno why I remembered "The Quantum Thief" by Hannu Rajaniemi. Basically, you had fine-grained control over what others perceived of you. Your friends can see you completely, while strangers can only see a blur.

    It was an amazing book.

    by tuzemec
  • Not sure why you'd use this sketchy vibecoded proprietary app over the same thing that's open source and existed for a while

    https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

    by flexagoon
  • Existing, probably less sketchy app: https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses (as linked in the other thread)
    by phyzome
  • I... don't know how I feel about this. I mean, the concept, sure, good idea. Is it reliable? Perhaps. But... I get a "buy merch" popup the moment I open the page, and there seems to be a pro option for what seems to be a very much LLM-aided app? ...IDK, rubs off a bit wrong IMO. Just my personal opinion.
    by user_7832

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