Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 1 day agoWoman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subwayfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1268arrow-down1external-linkWoman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subwayfuturism.comBlaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square100fedilinkfile-text
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
minus-squareRusty Shackleford@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·6 hours ago I can see an angle when refusal is going to escalate things badly for reasons that could be understood. Whatever “angle” you see is yourmond trying to justify forcefully grabbing someone’s property to destroy it. I don’t like surveillance either. But you can’t go around forcefully breaking other people’s stuff unless it threatens your well being at that moment.
minus-squarelambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 hour ago unless it threatens your well being at that moment Which in this case it’s doing. Next.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 hours agoThe thing is, it may actually threaten someone’s wellbeing. Surveillance, especially under a police state, can be a very clear and sometimes immediate threat.
Whatever “angle” you see is yourmond trying to justify forcefully grabbing someone’s property to destroy it.
I don’t like surveillance either.
But you can’t go around forcefully breaking other people’s stuff unless it threatens your well being at that moment.
Which in this case it’s doing. Next.
The thing is, it may actually threaten someone’s wellbeing.
Surveillance, especially under a police state, can be a very clear and sometimes immediate threat.