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Re:Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles by stormbrew on Friday September 23, 2016 @11:53PM (#12569377)
Comments like this always remind me of when camera phones were controversial and had to make a loud clicking noise when they took pictures so everyone knew it was happening. Fast forward 10-15 years and do you really know whether that person using their phone across from you on the bus isn't recording you?

Nope.

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Re:Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles by exergy on Saturday September 24, 2016 @01:32AM (#12569600)
Uh, yep? If you're using your phone for reading or some such, it is perhaps at a 45 degree angle to the horizontal, or even less. If you're sneaking a creep shot, the angle is much greater. You can always tell when someone is clicking a picture.
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Re:Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles by dEnigma on Saturday September 24, 2016 @06:26AM (#12570353)
They might be filming themselves though; even if they don't do anything worth filming they could be just using their phone as a mirror.
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Re:Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles by wingerlang on Saturday September 24, 2016 @02:37AM (#12569722)
Still the case in Japan iirc.
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Re:Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles by StavrosK on Saturday September 24, 2016 @04:26AM (#12570049)
Not only that, but phones know where you are and start making noise! I was in Tokyo and saw a cute father and baby and wanted to take a photo on the train, but the phone made a loud "click!" even in silent mode, and I looked like a perv.

At least the Japanese were too polite to say anything.

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Re:Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles by mozumder on Saturday September 24, 2016 @01:01AM (#12569533)
There are far, far more tech failures than there are successful ones.

You can bet on this (and most tech products) failing hard.

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