Why is it a good thing?
> But as an hobbyst street photographer
Aka the general public. Why should the not-you "general public" be restricted, but not you?
For privacy related matters, as it's clearly designed to make it obvious that someone is taking a picture. It's good because it's an hidden camera targeted at mass market. The likelihood that it could be abused would be high if it would be trivial to do it.
> Aka the general public. Why should the not-you "general public" be restricted, but not you?
Everybody should be restricted by default. If someone from the general public finds a way to hack it and bypass this restriction, I hope they have good conscience to use it an an ethical way. For what I would like to use it, I believe it would be ethical (as for what's considered ethical among street photographers and concerning street photography laws where I live).
Define "street photographer" because I am embarrassed to be confused with the likes of you given I'm perfectly satisfied with my Leica M6 and Contax G2.
I'm also embarrassed to be confused with someone that so easily judges other people and believes that mentioning some kind of equipments tells anything about them. Photography is about photos, if you think the camera you use gives you some special kind of status you are looking at this from a very wrong angle.
Imagine a painter believing he's better than other painters because he uses some expensive brand of brushes. Yeah, you are doing the same.
Some exceptions:
- Commercial use of (recognizable) photos of people in public is regulated.
- Following someone around or getting in their face with a camera is harassment.
Of course, your right to take photos or videos stops the minute you step onto private property; the owners are within their rights to disallow it.
Given how easily it is already to take pictures and videos discreetly with smartphones and how it's already abused by all kind of people (especially younger generations), I say that for once Meta did a good thing (even though I'm sure they did it only to avoid bad PR given their reputation). Even if something is already bad doesn't mean everything new should be bad as well just because of it.
Present day its clear someone is doing such by holding up their phone now with glasses you may or may not know and I guess that is bad for stalking victims. I dont see any other uses cases why i would care if another person is filming me without noticing unless im out with my girlfriend while my wifes at home (just a scenario that's not me at all).
But it's clearly noticeable that these Meta Glasses are filming and or taking pics with the white LED light.
I really like them and think they are going to huge.. maybe not this version but we are photography obsessed beings and all the innovation that will occur with these.. this is the next iPhone; smart glasses that is; Apple needs to release their own very soon.