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highplainsdem

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18. I didn't say that those glasses being called pervert glasses is due to the lawsuit. That nickname is

Reply to AZJonnie (Reply #17)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 01:48 PM

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from people sometimes using them for nonconsensual recording.

Which is why Google's earlier glasses with that ability, Google Glass, earned the nickname "glasshole" for the users.

And why that Wired journalist who reviewed the Meta glasses last fall said he felt like a creep while wearing them.

And that was without the facial recognition software Meta may add to the glasses soon.

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People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" (Futurism, March 6, 2026) [View all] highplainsdem Friday OP

Why does every technological advance always end in people watching more porn and weird bathroom things? Scrivener7 Friday #1

You have to ask? Wounded Bear Friday #5

I suspect this is more about people who DON'T get sex than people who do. Scrivener7 Friday #7

Generally, yes, but not universally...nt Wounded Bear Friday #9

In a strange way this is backwards. Porn has driven many of the technological advances. unblock Friday #8

That is so perfect LearnedHand Friday #2

I saw quite a few people calling users of Meta glasses "glassholes" as well, copying the nickname highplainsdem Saturday #11

Kick SheltieLover Friday #3

Perverted control freak. blm Friday #4

Google glass/2014 cbabe Friday #6

This moniker does not make sense to me AZJonnie Friday #10

The perverts who record them in the first place i guess LearnedHand Saturday #12

You don't have to be a "pervert" or "creep" to record your partner naked/having sex with you in consenting fashion AZJonnie Saturday #15

The perverts are the people who recorded that footage of others without consent. Or are you assuming highplainsdem Saturday #13

It's certainly possible that it was recorded with consent, yes AZJonnie Saturday #14

It's possible, but certainly not guaranteed, that the recording was consensual. But not everyone will highplainsdem Saturday #16

I would assume those are all referring to uploads to their public sites like Facebook and Instagram AZJonnie Saturday #17

I didn't say that those glasses being called pervert glasses is due to the lawsuit. That nickname is highplainsdem Saturday #18

That's what I took you to be implying with your whole argument about my "selective" reading of the contract AZJonnie Saturday #19

I've been very clear about AI companies and AI bros being fundamentally dishonest. Their highplainsdem Saturday #20

So, now the lawsuit is back to being about third-party privacy complaints? AZJonnie Saturday #21