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> "Weighing just a teaspoon of salt more" why not just say the glasses are 5 grams more?

I like that there is a light signaling the glasses are capturing photo/video, although it might not be noticeable in some cases, just like other devices

Cool to see the pictures/videos don't go directly to FB.

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Don't go directly to FB... yet.

FB always launches things in a better state then errodes privacy and user value to tilt towards more data collection.

That's the thing with Facebook. They want it all and if they can't get it now they will try again the next day until you give up.

> Cool to see the pictures/videos don't go directly to FB.

Yet. They also said you'd never need a FB account to use Oculus. Or that Whatsapp data would be kept separate.

I was just thinking that if these are going to be used by perverts, its going to be trivia to paint over the light with something like nail polish. At least a proper audio cue like the camera snap noise which has been forced on at least in Japan, would be a bit better.

Clarification, its not in the Japanese law but all phone manufacteurs have agree upon it together.

What stops one from defecting and building one without?

Decency.

...and the certainty that a law will then be passed within a year. Also you're no longer getting government contracts.

I'm sure the FB's plan is to see everything you see, analyse faces and places and build a better personal profile of its users. These glasses will be connected to network and linked to your real identity, or there's nothing in it for FB.

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