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by codazoda·1y ago·view on hn ↗
I do not like to take pictures with my camera for exactly this reason. I want to be there in the moment instead of thinking about the shot.

I'm also opposed to nearly everything that FB does, but I purchased the Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses a year ago anyway. I was preparing to go on a family vacation and I wanted to test them for staying in the moment while still capturing memories. I also prefer candid images where people aren't posing for the camera but are acting naturally.

The great thing about having a camera on your eyeglasses is that you can still be in the moment; mostly. I do hold more still when I take a picture or shoot a video.

I make people in my party aware that I'm wearing them and that I'll be taking pictures. If I'm in public, however, I won't tell everyone around me. That's usually a case where people with me also have their phones out snapping pictures though, so it's pretty obvious that camera's are going.

I'm still struggling with the privacy implications.

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Fun fact: in some places, not informing others of your intent to take a picture can be construed as illegal (i.e. 2-party states in the US) . This came up with Google Glass several years ago.

But, uh, yeah, you should take a close look at how Meta can use your data. [0]

https://opentools.ai/news/metas-controversial-data-policy-on...