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1. partiallypro · 1790001950 · focus · HN ↗

   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.

   1. mattnewton · 1790002796 · focus · HN ↗

      Your phone has to be out of your pocket and raised up to record me, which I can notice.

      1. partiallypro · 1790180998 · focus · HN ↗

         You think the phone has to be raised to be recording? How do you think perverts do upskirts, etc? Phone recording is very much less obvious, especially since everyone is already on their phones.

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