“Experts in Europe warn that these devices are used to record strangers without their consent, possibly breaching EU law.”

“A small LED light is designed to indicate when recording is taking place, but RTBF’s investigators found that tutorials explaining how to conceal the indicator are abundant and easily accessible online.”

Sometimes I have a hard time deciding who I despise more, parasite Mark Zuckerberg or its witless hosts who keep using its products—yes, Zuck’s pronoun is it. Ban Ray-Ban, for frick’s sake.

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    5 days ago

    which can probably also be disabled by the savvy individual

    You don’t need to be too savy to put a little piece of black tape over it

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      It is not that simple. It has a sensor to check if the led is covered.

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        5 days ago

        Perhaps not a piece of black tape, sure–but it’s not like there aren’t options out there. A quick Bing provided plenty of links to research ways to circumvent the LED.

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            4 days ago

            That’s actually my go-to! Started using Ecosia after reading about it here 🙂

            As for my comment–I figured Bing would make a better verb than Google (plus I’m so over Google at this point)