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Tasmanian Devil

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2. Zuckerberg & masking tape

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 01:34 PM

Wednesday

Remember this news? Is Zuckerberg going to allow these glasses into his private and public life?

Mark Zuckerberg Puts Tape Over His Webcam

Eagle-eyed viewers noticed the Facebook CEO has a thin layer of masking tape over his laptop camera and microphone.

https://abcnews.com/Technology/mark-zuckerberg-puts-tape-webcam/story?id=40040340

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Meta Is Toying With the Idea of Smart Glasses That Record Everything, All the Time [View all] highplainsdem Wednesday OP

Is this the way of the future? RussBLib Wednesday #1

It's more than a bit dystopian. I just added a paragraph about just how dystopian this might be to the OP. highplainsdem Wednesday #4

Zuckerberg & masking tape Tasmanian Devil Wednesday #2

He and other AI bros will do all they can to protect their own privacy. They just want to spy on us and highplainsdem Wednesday #5

There's a market out there for technology that neutralizes this technology. jls4561 Wednesday #3

1 party consent and 2 party consent.. ExtraGriz Wednesday #6

The problem with these "2 party consent" laws and Meta Spy Glasses... jmowreader Yesterday #29

If you use these glasses and give them even johnnyfins Wednesday #7

Why would anyone waste their money on these glasses? Raftergirl Wednesday #8

have you SEEN what people will waste their money on? Skittles Wednesday #10

Yes, unfortunately, Raftergirl Wednesday #14

They shouldn't even be legal in the first place. Karasu Wednesday #16

That's a bit far Polybius Wednesday #22

We'll have to respectfully disagree on that, and I couldn't disagree more. Any potential positives of these things are Karasu Yesterday #34

a pox on everyone who has enabled that POS Zuckerberg Skittles Wednesday #9

They already made that movie. hamsterjill Wednesday #11

How will sensitive info be protected purr-rat beauty Wednesday #12

What could possibly go wrong? Baitball Blogger Wednesday #13

You mean like... jmowreader Yesterday #30

Meta is Palantir levels of evil and shouldn't exist. I have no idea how so many people still justify using their Karasu Wednesday #15

Glasses better have IR ... squiregeek Wednesday #17

If someone shoves those glasses up Elon's rear end Wicked Blue Wednesday #18

I think you meant Zuck Polybius Wednesday #23

All these white billionaires look alike to me Wicked Blue Wednesday #25

Pepper spray to the rescue. twodogsbarking Wednesday #19

Citizens should trademark and/or copyright their faces so that when Zuck uses their likeness they can - in2herbs Wednesday #20

You can't copyright your face jmowreader Yesterday #31

Meta is just a bunch of perverts. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Wednesday #21

Hello Facebook users? luv2fly Wednesday #24

They can F right off with that Bristlecone Wednesday #26

Yet another reason I'm glad I'm a hermit Luciferous Wednesday #27

The unanswered question: Why? Grins Wednesday #28

Backin 2010, Zuckerberg said that privacy is no longer a "social norm". LudwigPastorius Yesterday #32

lol, aside from being illegal in many states fujiyamasan Yesterday #33