Or people with a bad memory for faces and names, who find one of the most harrowing social situations to be when someone walks up to them and says "hey, how you doing?" With no recollection of who this person is or how they know you.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
on 04 Jun 18:31
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You described me, and I still find those glasses creepy. It’s so much cheaper, easier, and less ethically fraught to just say “oh hey man how are you doing!” and fake it for a minute. Or tell them you’re having a brain fart and keep wanting to call them [random name] even though you KNOW that’s not it. Or, god forbid, just be upfront with people and tell them you’re face blind AF and struggle with placing faces to people outside context.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
on 04 Jun 18:37
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Oh yeah, that’s a good reason to aid the expansion of global surveillance. Let’s all be complicit with the police state because we can’t acknowledge our social anxieties with a bit of honesty.
Not what I was addressing. I was addressing a comment that said "only predators buy those glasses" by pointing out an obvious alternative motivation.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world
on 04 Jun 18:47
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As someone like that, the key is to be affable, apologize, and ask how you know each other. It’s not a big deal, most people aren’t offended
traceur201@piefed.social
on 04 Jun 18:43
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I don’t think violating peoples’ privacy and paying big tech to extend their mass surveillance network so you can avoid looking awkward to them for a second carries the weight you seem to think it does
What "weight"? I think you're imagining an argument I'm not actually making.
TommySoda@lemmy.world
on 04 Jun 19:10
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So one should just sacrifice everyone elses safety and privacy because you’re bad a recognizing faces? I get that it can be helpful, but you are literally uploading strangers faces and likeness to Meta’s servers without their consent. It’s creepy and predatory.
No, again, this is not what I was addressing. I responded to a comment saying these would only be of interest to "predators". You yourself say that you get how they can be helpful, that's all I was saying too. All the rest of this is arguments that are being imagined.
Witchfire@lemmy.world
on 04 Jun 19:13
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Man, some of ya really need to learn how to socialize
This sounds like a bigger underlying problem that can be addressed with a long term solution that does not leave you reliant on a second fragile, expensive battery-powered device with planned obsolescence and social stigma as likely risks.
impairedimperator@lemmy.zip
on 04 Jun 20:00
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Yep!
And as cameras get smaller, pretty soon any glasses will be suspect, meaning that those that need vision correction without being able to wear contacts for whatever reason will also end up lumped in with the creeps.
I’ve heard those sorts of glasses can be handy if you’re visually impaired and, say, clothes shopping. You can ask the glasses “hey, do these items match?”
Still creepy in the wild, but there are some valid use cases.
edit to add examples:
youtube.com/shorts/XXzABpSE3TA The glasses give meh guidance for walking, but seem handy for reading a menu at a restaurant
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Only predators buy those glasses.
Or people with a bad memory for faces and names, who find one of the most harrowing social situations to be when someone walks up to them and says "hey, how you doing?" With no recollection of who this person is or how they know you.
You described me, and I still find those glasses creepy. It’s so much cheaper, easier, and less ethically fraught to just say “oh hey man how are you doing!” and fake it for a minute. Or tell them you’re having a brain fart and keep wanting to call them [random name] even though you KNOW that’s not it. Or, god forbid, just be upfront with people and tell them you’re face blind AF and struggle with placing faces to people outside context.
Oh yeah, that’s a good reason to aid the expansion of global surveillance. Let’s all be complicit with the police state because we can’t acknowledge our social anxieties with a bit of honesty.
Not what I was addressing. I was addressing a comment that said "only predators buy those glasses" by pointing out an obvious alternative motivation.
As someone like that, the key is to be affable, apologize, and ask how you know each other. It’s not a big deal, most people aren’t offended
I don’t think violating peoples’ privacy and paying big tech to extend their mass surveillance network so you can avoid looking awkward to them for a second carries the weight you seem to think it does
What "weight"? I think you're imagining an argument I'm not actually making.
So one should just sacrifice everyone elses safety and privacy because you’re bad a recognizing faces? I get that it can be helpful, but you are literally uploading strangers faces and likeness to Meta’s servers without their consent. It’s creepy and predatory.
No, again, this is not what I was addressing. I responded to a comment saying these would only be of interest to "predators". You yourself say that you get how they can be helpful, that's all I was saying too. All the rest of this is arguments that are being imagined.
Man, some of ya really need to learn how to socialize
This sounds like a bigger underlying problem that can be addressed with a long term solution that does not leave you reliant on a second fragile, expensive battery-powered device with planned obsolescence and social stigma as likely risks.
Yep!
And as cameras get smaller, pretty soon any glasses will be suspect, meaning that those that need vision correction without being able to wear contacts for whatever reason will also end up lumped in with the creeps.
This is like Batesian mimickry but stupid.
I’ve heard those sorts of glasses can be handy if you’re visually impaired and, say, clothes shopping. You can ask the glasses “hey, do these items match?”
Still creepy in the wild, but there are some valid use cases.
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Like an automated version of the Be My Eyes app.
And yet, people keep using Meta stuff…