AlSweigart@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Publictech.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square414linkfedilinkarrow-up11.61K
arrow-up11.61Kexternal-linkThe Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Publictech.yahoo.comAlSweigart@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square414linkfedilink
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·1 month agoIt’s from 2013, when Google released Google Glass, the first glasses containing a screen and camera. The backlash to that was exactly like the backlash today towards glasses with cameras. The techbros just hoped we had forgotten.
minus-squarenickiwest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoOr maybe they just hoped that we were more desensitized to constant surveillance.
I’m stealing that.
It’s from 2013, when Google released Google Glass, the first glasses containing a screen and camera. The backlash to that was exactly like the backlash today towards glasses with cameras. The techbros just hoped we had forgotten.
Or maybe they just hoped that we were more desensitized to constant surveillance.