Comment on I Hate My Friend: The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

• spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But I’m still able to use it, so.

  yeah. except when you’re not.

  because this “I can do whatever I want” Ron-Swanson-wannabe brand of libertarianism is very predictable.

  if you go to a dinner party and the host notices your Spyware Amulet and says “turn that off or leave my house” would you respect their property rights? without pissing and moaning about it?

  if a bar or restaurant banned them (like happened with Google Glass) would you respect that rule as well?

  if you were on a date, and your date noticed and said “that’s kinda creepy, would you mind turning it off?” would you do it? or would you start ranting about how it’s not infringing on your date’s rights?

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  • FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Those places aren't public places, so of course I'd turn it off or leave.

    If I was in public and someone told me to stop recording, I'd likely say "no." Hasn't that been a major point of pushback against police demanding that we not record them, for example?

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