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Re:Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of peop... by anonym29 on Monday March 09, 2026 @05:23PM (#47315741)
Violence isn't the answer. Handheld IR/non-visible-wavelength LiDAR systems that permanently fry CMOS image sensors are.

If state laws permit the capture of light, let them capture light. Light has no spectrum allocation laws, no license required to emit, and as long as you're not disturbing anyone (e.g. with deliberately obnoxious use of visible wavelengths), you're not breaking any laws.

LiDAR operators do not have a legal duty to protect image sensors around them.

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Re:Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of peop... by munk-a on Monday March 09, 2026 @05:51PM (#47316075)
As much as I'd like a quick hack to disable raybands recording me - that feels like a pretty slam dunk case of destruction of property.
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Re:Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of peop... by calgoo on Monday March 09, 2026 @06:06PM (#47316285)
Just attach a camera to your device and say you where recording in public just like them, no seam to have an issue with that. Your system was just measuring the distance to the target using lidar :)
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Re:Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of peop... by IncreasePosts on Monday March 09, 2026 @06:49PM (#47316835)
You're still responsible for damaging people's property even if you have a super clever reason why you totally didn't intend that to happen :)
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