• hansl@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      If you think you have privacy in public spaces, I got some news for you. People could be and are recording you all the time. Not even counting CCTV and infrastructure recording you.

      In a mall? You most likely already have two or three cameras pointing at you at all time. In a street? There’s a few at every street corner.

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        9 months ago

        Oh, you’re gonna love this, then… 🤪🥲 Extracting (via telescope) from target device LEDs: any/all nearby audio, up to 35m away? That’s nothing.

        DEF CON 31

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    9 months ago

    What is the use case for such a device? Outside of being completely invasive to everyone around you.

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      9 months ago

      My partner has always commented that she wanted basically a dashcam but for while walking the dog, so this seems to fit the bill.

      To basically catch e.g. if a cyclist hits you or something.

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      That’s what I don’t really understand. It doesn’t solve an issue that anyone is having.

      It just looks like a more inconvenient to use phone that you can only do voice commands, or maybe finger gestures in the air to control.

      I have a feeling it’ll be very disappointing in what it can actually do, this just feels like something no one will buy other than YouTubers.

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    9 months ago

    Really makes me think of the movie “Her”. I’ve wanted a T-shirt with a dedicated phone pocket since that movie but this tech seems like a better option.

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      9 months ago

      Phones get larger because people want a big screen to do stuff. What do you do with a small phone with a screen so small that you can’t read it?

      This nonsense here with the projector is also not a good solution because you would need a white background for the projector to work properly.

      In this area of sci fi tech I think the google glasses are better.