Hat cameras may be a solution to public space paranoia. Ray-Ban Meta Glasses - nerdy looking, replaced with a helmet cam?
Also mashers like this guy, who undoubtedly thinks upskirting is protected by 1st Amendment law, right? Trump, Andrew Tate and misogynist boorishness. Heck, you might even think Parisians are libertarian, unless you’re from Toronto.
Google Glass, or simply Glass, is a discontinued brand of smart glasses developed by Google's X Development, with a mission of producing a ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information to the wearer using a head-up display
All told, these were actually cheaper than my regular glasses, and I can't ask my regular glasses to tell me a joke.
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Right to the image of persons
The respect of the right to the image of persons follows from the principle of the right to privacy (article 9 of the Civil Code). Any person, whoever he or she may be, has an exclusive and absolute right to his or her image and to the use that is made of it. We do not say that the person gives up his right to the image but authorizes the diffusion of his image.
Consequence for filming: when shots are taken in a train station, an airport, a public garden, etc., the production must obtain the consent of the persons present and appearing in the field.
When these images are broadcast, the commentary or caption must not in any way harm the people filmed.
The authorization must include:
- The name of the production
- The name of the project
- The name of the director
- The context of the shots and the use that will be made of them
- The date
- The signature of the person filmed
In the event of a dispute, it is up to the producer to provide proof of the person’s consent. It is therefore recommended to have a written and signed document.
In certain cases, where tacit consent is considered to exist, the usual practice is to dispense with this authorization: group shots, street scenes, public events.
Advice: avoid close-ups and do not linger on a single person.
Shots of public figures in the course of their duties or during events in their public life are not subject to authorization.
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Over the past 15 years, the act of photographing others in public and sharing the photos has gradually become accepted, raising serious concerns about privacy and personal space. This phenomenon not only infringes on individual privacy rights but may also lead to a decline in social trust.
— Wonder Woman (@kylecronadhe254.bsky.social) Dec 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Anybody remember that doof Sarah Slocum's 2014 Lower Haight, SF/Molotov's/GoogleGlass episode? "Slocum announced that she wanted to "get this white trash on tape." A man then ripped the device from her face."
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— TheBonnieFranklin (Fred Hughes III) (@thebonniefranklin.bsky.social) Dec 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Larry Ellison on collecting total information.
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Social credit in China is a broad policy category seeking to enforce legal obligations including laws, regulations, and contracts.[16]: 3 Social credit does not itself bring new restrictions; it focuses on increasing implementation of existing restrictions.[18]: 105 China's governmental approaches to social credit are described by various sets of documents issued by different institutions.[18]: 103 There is no integrated system,[16]: 3 nor a comprehensive document setting out a unified approach.[18]: 103 Generally, the different approaches to social credit are united by the theme of increasing digitization, data collection, and data centralization.[18]: 103
There is no unified, numerical credit score for businesses or individuals, rather national and local platforms use different evaluation or rating systems.[7][39] Due to the differences in various pilot programs and a fragment system structure, information regarding the scoring mechanism is often conflicting.[40][7] Inspired by FICO,[41] a numerical social credit score calculated by individual behavior and activities was given to citizens in certain pilot programs developed by financial firms or localized initiatives.[7][42] However, these practices were not widespread applications and eventually, the numerical score mechanism was limited to private credit rating and loyalty programs.[43][44] Private involvements were ultimately abandoned by the government.[45]
The system includes sanctions for the offenders; unlike in the past where the offenders were punished by one supervising agency or court, they now face sanctions from multiple agencies, greatly increasing their effect. Though the sanctions are severe, they affect a small part of companies and individuals. By publicizing these punishments and blacklists through state-media and through other agencies, the system is aimed to create a deterrence effect.[7]
“Deep face recognition systems have been shown to be highly robust to facial occlusion or masking,” Dr. Christian Rathgeb, a senior researcher with the Faculty of Computer Science in Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, told Digital Trends.
If you have a clean criminal record and your local police department only runs your photo against a database of mugshots, you could get off scot-free. But if your city uses Clearview A.I., a facial recognition vendor that scrapes social media photos, it could trigger a match.
Depending on the protestor’s visibility, camera footage or smartphone photos could prove insufficient, said Anil Jain, a computer science professor at Michigan State University.
“A protestor may not be visible in all of the CCTV cameras,” Jain told Digital Trends. “[Authorities] could ask the public to share images of the protestors which may have been captured on the smartphones of the bystanders. But, given the crowd density, that may be problematic.”
While masks may not be foolproof, they may be the best option protesters have right now, experts said.
“You can just wear a mask now,” Harvey said in his tweet. “It’s much easier.”
Jain agreed that wearing a face mask or a bandana to cover parts of your face is sufficient to throw off most face recognition systems.
Rachel White, a senior software engineer based in Brooklyn who has advised protestors, suggests covering up birthmarks or any identifying features.
“Normal black masks and sunglasses, as we have them now, offer the best widespread protection, as we don’t know for sure what the police are using,”
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You deserve a break today, indeed. Augmented reality pioneer Steve Mann visited a Parisian McDonald’s with his family earlier this month. Mann has a system called the EyeTap physically installed in his skull that records photos and video, and can display augmented reality data directly in the user’s line of sight. Upon ordering, McDonald’s employees at 140, Avenue Champs Elysees, Paris accosted Mann and tried to tear the glasses out of his head.
That was after he ordered something called a Chicken Ranch Wrap.
To recap, Mann is a tenured professor at the University of Toronto and wears something called an EyeTap, a small camera/computer that he had physically connected to his skull. He’s been experimenting in the realm of wearable computing for years and the most recent iteration essentially makes him a cyborg – a human melded with a machine. That distinction was apparently lost on a trio of employees at that Parisian McDonalds –after ordering, two of them approached him and asked him what he was wearing. For whatever reason, they took issue with Mann’s implants. Another man approached wearing a McDonald’s shirt while the other two hid their identities.
He carries with him documentation from his doctor stating that the EyeTap is not removable without special tools and he uses it when traveling and when people want to learn more about the product. Mann offered that documentation to the McDonalds employees to no avail, and it wasn’t long before the three employees assaulted him and eventually kicked him out of the Paris location.
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