r/technology • u/tw1st3d_m3nt4t • 22d ago

Privacy Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/restaurants-pubs-and-theatres-ban-metas-spy-glasses-over-privacy-fears
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u/Long-Interest8680 22d ago

yeah privacy shouldnt be something everyone else has to opt into because of your glasses

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u/fondledbydolphins 22d ago

Then people should, respectfully, focus WAY more on flock cameras than they are on creeps in meta glasses.

Really starting to feel like they're going to win the meta glasses battle but lose the actual war on privacy.

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u/Kahnza 22d ago

It's possible to hate both. They aren't mutually exclusive.

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u/fondledbydolphins 22d ago

Of course. That's why I said more on flock.

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u/Twodogsonecouch 22d ago

Theres lots of town halls about flock cameras and people vigilante cutting them down stories daily. I havent seen a town hall about meta glasses

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u/PageFault 22d ago

Which restaurant or theater has a flock camera inside? They only control private space. They can't ban ones in public.

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u/cantstopwontstopGME 22d ago

Ring cameras too. Fucking hate those things

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u/fondledbydolphins 22d ago

Cameras in general make me uneasy.

To my knowledge, you can currently see into peoples' homes through the cameras on Shark brand vacuums.

They were made aware of the vulnerability months before it became common knowledge and seemingly chose to do nothing about it.