Women filmed secretly for social media content - and then harassed online
Dilara was on her lunch break in the London store where she works when a tall man walked up to her and said: "I swear red hair means you've just been heartbroken."
The man continued the conversation as they both got in a lift, and he asked Dilara for her phone number.
What Dilara did not realise was that the man was secretly filming her on his smart glasses - which look like normal eyewear but have a tiny camera which can record video.
The footage was then posted to TikTok, where it received 1.3m views. "I just wanted to cry," Dilara, 21, told the BBC.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7jej2elyyo
The man continued the conversation as they both got in a lift, and he asked Dilara for her phone number.
What Dilara did not realise was that the man was secretly filming her on his smart glasses - which look like normal eyewear but have a tiny camera which can record video.
The footage was then posted to TikTok, where it received 1.3m views. "I just wanted to cry," Dilara, 21, told the BBC.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7jej2elyyo
Reply 1
Who could have predicted that a technology that involves concealed cameras would be used by creepy exploitive men?
Reply 2
this is horrible
i hate those glasses
why would anyone want to invent such a thing?
i hate those glasses
why would anyone want to invent such a thing?
Reply 3
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by daisy.buchananthis is horrible
i hate those glasses
why would anyone want to invent such a thing?
i hate those glasses
why would anyone want to invent such a thing?
are you really surprised?
Reply 4
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by meenu89are you really surprised?
m not surprised but i still think its wrong
Reply 5
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by daisy.buchananm not surprised but i still think its wrong
oh of course it is wrong for so many reasons, but sadly it is not surprising
Reply 6
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by meenu89oh of course it is wrong for so many reasons, but sadly it is not surprising
you know its gotten bad when you can;t be surprised at things like this anymore 😔
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by daisy.buchananyou know its gotten bad when you can;t be surprised at things like this anymore 😔
indeed. I am very protective of my 10 year daughter because of things like this.
Reply 8
Just an appalling violation of these women's privacy and dignity. And of course, not only is it disgraceful behaviour from the person who actually films them, but you then have hundreds of other men deciding to take advantage of the personal details that the video reveals by sending them horrific messages.
Reply 9
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I don't think it's a terribly good thing but neither am I a fan of legislating against it significantly. Women are also not beyond recording men or laying honey traps at places like gyms for content.
Generally I think it's a civil affair. The woman whose phone number was published should definitely seek civil action and likewise if it impacts your employment but most of these women won't suffer meaningful damages making it not something that needs legislating.
I'd also be wary of overreach. If for example we got rid of this horrid no fault divorce and a guy managed to record his wife cheating, a law requiring consent to record could remove an important avenue. If you park somewhere with a camera, that's another example.
Generally I think it's a civil affair. The woman whose phone number was published should definitely seek civil action and likewise if it impacts your employment but most of these women won't suffer meaningful damages making it not something that needs legislating.
I'd also be wary of overreach. If for example we got rid of this horrid no fault divorce and a guy managed to record his wife cheating, a law requiring consent to record could remove an important avenue. If you park somewhere with a camera, that's another example.
What ij the world of all that is holy.
Too many things these days are smart and don’t need to be, smart glasses are not needed, the purpose of glasses is to see. That’s it.
Too many things these days are smart and don’t need to be, smart glasses are not needed, the purpose of glasses is to see. That’s it.
I think they should definitely implement something that shows they're smart glasses, or a small light to show it's recording. But it comes down to people feeling it's okay to record people without their permission in the first place!
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by -Eirlys-I think they should definitely implement something that shows they're smart glasses, or a small light to show it's recording. But it comes down to people feeling it's okay to record people without their permission in the first place!
The first thing a lot of people do with these devices is disable or cover any telltales its recording. It was the same when phones started making shutter sounds etc when they were capturing pics, you got apps that removed it almost immediately.
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