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As I said elsewhere, I can differentiate between technology and technology companies. I didn't realize that was so odd.
You can't seperate the technology from the company in this case. The complete violation of privacy is baked into the technology with no way to seperate it. The companies practices are baked into the technology with no way to seperate it. Which also applies to most technologies.
If you think we can/should seperate the technology from the company that makes it, you're incredibly naive. The privacy violations are an inherent feature of the technology itself.
Is your stance that if the glasses were made by, say, Sony, no one would care?
I find that very difficult to believe, but would gladly read how you arrived at that conclusion.
It's not a Meta only thing, but they are certainly one of the worst companies to have that data. No company should be able to collect data without express permission from anyone in that data. I don't want literally any 3rd party storing video of me that I didn't give them approval. An example would be if there were a medical procedure that were recorded on a private local server for reference or archive purposes, similar to any other medical records. Those records are protected by privacy laws like HIPPA where Meta glasses don't have that.
The recording technology isn't the problem, it's consent and how that data is stored and handled after taken.
So if Sony did have their own glasses like Meta, I would 100% expect the backlash to be almost just as bad as it is for Meta. Again, Meta is worse, but bad and really bad are both degrees of bad that deserve criticism and pushback.
The article is about Facebook glasses. The topic is Facebook. Differentiating between Facebook spy glasses and "smart glasses in general" isn't relevant here.
You sound like you're arguing in bad faith. That's a lot of the reason for why you're getting downvoted.