DuckDuckGo takes a cheeky swipe at Meta's controversial "pervert" Ray-Ban glasses with a $35 pair of camera-free, mic-free, AI-free sunglasses – capitalizing on growing privacy backlash and anti-big-tech sentiment.

Since Meta launched its AI-powered Ray-Bans, which can record video and audio as well as make calls, there’s been a growing privacy backlash against the specs, with many dubbing them “pervert” glasses after they were reportedly used to film people without their consent. (…)

Never one to miss an opportunity to take a public swipe at big tech, the alternative search engine DuckDuckGo has now launched a new range of glasses in collaboration with the San Diego firm Knockaround (…)

The twist: with their permanent offline mode, zero cameras and mics, no AI or electronics of any kind, the “California cool” Paso Robles have been hailed as “the world’s most innovative anti-surveillance sunglasses,” AKA "Normal F***ing Sunglasses” according to Knockaround’s website.

  • LycanGalen@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    This is similar to the swiss cheese theory for masking. It doesn’t have to be perfect. There just needs to be enough on at any given time to distort the image. Add a couple bonus sets if we’re concerned with an entire set losing sync.