AlSweigart@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoThe Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Publictech.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square282fedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down110cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.14Karrow-down1external-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 · 16 hours agomessage-square282fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.world
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-214 hours agoI was at an event and the host was wearing them In the context of “his job is a promoter and you’re at an event he’s promoting, and he’s not hiding that he’s recording” I was kind of okay with it. But normally you’d have some side conversations with the guy and I felt really awkward with him wearing the glasses. I felt their presence made the event worse. A video guy would have been fine by contrast, because there’s judgement and editorial reatraint.
minus-squareShredderFeeder@shredderfood.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoNope, I would have walked out. There are precious few pictures of me in this world (and the ones that exist are mostly celluloid) and my plan is to keep it that way as much as possible…
I was at an event and the host was wearing them
In the context of “his job is a promoter and you’re at an event he’s promoting, and he’s not hiding that he’s recording” I was kind of okay with it.
But normally you’d have some side conversations with the guy and I felt really awkward with him wearing the glasses.
I felt their presence made the event worse. A video guy would have been fine by contrast, because there’s judgement and editorial reatraint.
Nope, I would have walked out. There are precious few pictures of me in this world (and the ones that exist are mostly celluloid) and my plan is to keep it that way as much as possible…