I wish DDG defaulted to their no ai search.
If they want to make silly little jokes about “the other guys and their ai” then maybe don’t use ai shit as your default search option on your own platform?
This is so stupid. Ddg thinks their users are dumb as fuck. I’m sure they’re right.
“2. Only tech related news or articles.”
While the headline doesn’t discuss it, the article begins with “Meta has opened Pandora’s box with its AI-infused smart sunglasses. The pricy accessory has sparked a heated debate over privacy, with unsavory individuals abusing the eyewear’s easily-missed cameras to harass unsuspecting strangers in public — garnering the specs the distinctly unflattering nickname of “pervert glasses.””
“Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoever”. but i conceded that manufacturing a lens and a frame qualifies as technology as far as i’m concerned
You have the reading comprehension of a toddler. The article is not about a pair of glasses, it’s about a tech company’s response to AI and surveillance, and how another company is irresponsibly using those things.
…but does it have electrolytes?
$39 is probably still a huge markup.
there’s no extra markup involved here for what is essentially a marketing thing.
they’re $35. which is also the price the ‘normal’ (not ‘collab’ edition) ones sell for direct on ka’s web site or at retailers like rei.
They’re barely making back the research costs of producing sunglasses without a lithium-polymer battery or a 12 megapixel CMOS camera.
THE ABOVE COMMENT IS SARCASM.
The real move would be to include polarized lenses or a holographic coating to block infrared facial ID cameras like Flock. Because most sunglasses don’t block the infrared spectrum, meaning something like a Flock camera can see right through them.
These are basically just a dad joke, based on the fact that meta has made every other pair of sunglasses “anti-pervert sunglasses” by default.
Yeah, well said. I wish someone would sell and manufacture actual anti surveillance glasses
Are these what you are looking for?
So it’s not anti-pervert then. It’s just non-pervert.
Anti-pervert would be something like sunglasses that zap the pervert sunglasses’ cameras with lasers and damage the sensor. Maybe they don’t have to be so accurate.
There are infrared reflecting glasses that blind cameras.
Does this work for flock cameras?
Not sure. I assume they have a better IR filter than the small cameras used for the pervert glasses.
Although they may be IR sensitive because they also need to work at night though. Would need to see the technical specs.
Maybe a sort of anti pervert mesh network where gamma radiation is fired in the direction of whoever wears pervert glasses and eventually kills them with cancer.
It’s incredibly irresponsible and would have unintended consequences for otherwise innocent people but it would technically work so capitalism says ship it before China does!
Meanwhile, I recently got new prescription glasses (after wearing my previous pairs for way too long, BTW) and got some that have an IR-blocking coating that’s supposed to block face recognition cameras. Because that apparently needs to be a thing these days.
(I’m disappointed that these DuckDuckGo glasses don’t have a similar special coating. I like the company I got mine from, but I’d like to see more companies offering privacy-enhancing tech.)
What, no company names to help out a fella?
I didn’t want to give the appearance of shilling. But if you want to know, it’s https://www.zennioptical.com/id-guard
There are apparently also similar products from “Reflectacles” and “Vaydr,” but they were more expensive and/or not normal prescription glasses. The Zenni thing is just an extra coating you can add on to the glasses you would have otherwise bought anyway (which is how I found out about it; I didn’t know it existed beforehand).
Thanks! It’s wild that this is a thing now. It’s like we’re living in a cyberpunk dystopia!
So you don’t have to go to twitter: https://knockaround.com/products/duckduckgo-paso-robles
Is DuckDuckGo going down the DBrand/Wendy’s model of irreverent, self aware marketing? I’m pretty tired of it being honest. Also, are they actually trying to make money from this? A satirical social media post would get the point across. But they’re actually selling these for some reason.
The reason is probably to garner as much brand awareness as possible bc the goal of marketing isn’t to just get a point across. If a company like DDG can gain a good amount of brand awareness by advertising and selling some relatively inexpensive sunglasses with the company logo on it then I personally see it as a net positive.
Some company just placed DDG logo on existing model of glasses and is selling them for exact same price as a joke. It’s not like DDG started manufacturing glasses specifically for this joke.
You make it sound like DDG aren’t involved at all. They very much are.
It’s not like DDG started manufacturing glasses specifically for this joke.
No, it’s like DDG started selling glasses specifically for this joke.
Ironically actual meta
lol
“No camera, no microphone, no AI, no battery, no electronics of any kind,” Knockaround boasts on its website. “Just a beautifully crafted pair of matte black sunglasses with a glossy DuckDuckGo logo, designed to block the sun and never send data to the cloud
Sold out and I can’t seem to pre-order a pair for their next batch (maybe the next allotment is already sold out).
Oh well, my wallet wins this round.
I will let you know when they’re available again 😈
I have only read the title but this just seems like… Normal glasses then?
Yep. Just normal, AliBaba sunglasses.
Probably more expensive than AliBaba. Which might or might not mean better quality.
https://knockaround.com/pages/warranty-policy
More expensive, still pretty cheap, and they have a lifetime warranty which is more than you’ll ever get from alibaba
