jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Wer sich in der Schweiz schon einmal betätigen will: Campax hat eine Petition gestartet, die ein Verbot von Smart Glasses fordert und der man sich anschliessen kann. Dort wird insbesondere das heimliche Filmen von Frauen und Kindern mit anschliessender Veröffentlichung ohne Zustimmung der Betroffenen thematisiert, beispielsweise in Badis und Umkleidekabinen.
#SmartGlasses #Überwachung #Meta
https://act.campax.org/petitions/smart-glasses-stoppen
Meta won't be walking out of this one unscathed,
Reuters: Ex-Meta executive says Zuckerberg put growth before child safety https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/former-meta-engineer-resumes-testimony-landmark-trial-over-social-medias-harm-2026-08-19/ @Reuters #Meta #Zuckerberg
What a delightful new generation, part cyber crooks, part bullies. The future is in good hands.
Futurism: Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Harass and Bully Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/teen-boys-meta-glasses-harass-bully-girls-school @Futurism #Meta #privacy
What sort of screwed-up, fu**ing parents buy their kid perv glasses?
Teen boys are using Meta's AI Glasses to film themselves harassing classmates at school, following girls around and "rizzing" them or "ragebaiting" them with insults. In several videos girls plead with the harasser to stop filming.
You just know this would have been Mark Zuckerberg back in the day.
#men #abuse #boys #meta #smartglasses
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/teen-boys-meta-glasses-harass-bully-girls-school
I know we have a few #blind people here who use the #meta #smartglasses. I'm scratching my head over whether it's time to go for a pair, the market seems to have slowed down to the point where I'm tempted, and I hope to see the second generation go through a price drop shortly. My problem, of course, is that I don't want to go out and buy them knowing nothing, it would be a headache and I would never know whether the problems I found were my own idiocy or real ones. Here are a few questions which I would appreciate answers to. Boosts are very welcome. First, and sorry this is so simple, it's a religious question for me and I need people with real experiences to answer it. I'm told there is a power switch. Is it a real switch which you can feel slide back and forth, or is it a button? To put it differently, can I, who have no light perception, tell if the glasses are on or off without reference to the app? My issue is will there be any time where I believe the glasses to be off but when they will be actually on? Is this sort of failure possible at all? Secondly, I don't want to use the AI at all. I may use it occasionally, but the main point of these will be to show my environment to people, BME/Aira is the sort of thing. Do they work well for that? Is the non-ai use more of a gimmick or does it work well? I ask because all the tutorials I've heard/read focus on the AI. I don't care about the AI. Finally, I have hearing aids and send my iPhone audio to a transmitter through the iPhone's wired output (lightning, in my case). I want the calls I make to be routed to the wired output, not to the glasses. How is this possible? I have asked this before but the answers have been inconclusive. When I call BME with the glasses and a person answers, where does the sound go? Does it go to the glasses, or does it go to the iPhone's output? What happens if I disconnect a lightning cable and plug it back in? Does it switch to that output, assuming it wasn't there before? Again, I know the AI goes to the glasses, but I don't care. Thanks to anyone who has read this screed, and particularly to @JamminJerry for giving me the necessary shove to finally ask all this.
Und? habt ihr #Facebook, #Insta. #WhatsApp und die anderen #Nazibars endlich verlassen? Brav. Die wollen nämlich nur an die Seelen euerer #Kinder und sind da zu allem bereit. Dafür werden sie jetzt in den USA verklagt, mit einem Streitwert von 1,4 Billionen Dollar (US-Trillionen), mehr als die Mutterfirma #Meta wert ist.
If we want #surveillance to be curtailed to any extent we need to watch the watchers.
Report everything. Surveil them so closely that they can't scratch their butts without it appearing somewhere online.
Monitor their cars, planes, everything!
Let them know how it feels to be watched, quantified and reported on non-stop.
So, aside from possibly being able to visually identify them, does anyone have any ideas on how exactly one might be able to scan for or detect #PervertGlasses in the wild? With #Apple now sinking to a similar low as #Meta with their next model AirPods, these bloody things are gonna be showing up everywhere.
Boston Police Department: Officers Arrest Suspect for Recording Children Using Camera Sunglasses at the Boston Common Frog Pond
"...Upon arrival, officers spoke to a witness who stated that he observed an unknown male arguing with the suspect. Officers spoke with multiple witnesses who stated that the suspect was recording children in the playground by utilizing sunglasses with a camera installed in them. Witnesses further stated the suspect also used his cell phone to record the children.
Additional witnesses stated the suspect used the glasses to record a family who was attempting to change their children, who were wrapped in a towel for privacy. When the family attempted to move due to the suspect’s behavior, he followed them, scanning the children up and down with the camera sunglasses...."
ICE agents can't wear Meta glasses while they work, official memo warns
Smart glasses have become a recurring accessory amid the immigration crackdown.
#Tech #Gadgets #AI #Cybersecurity #Engadget #Meta #WorkplacePolicy #SmartGlasses #GovernmentRegulations #ImmigrationCrypeacks updates #CorporateRestrictions #WorkplaceTechnology #TechPolicy [Engadget]
@bitbear great insight. Forgive me here, but I think this deserves a poll.
The road to hell 👹 is paved with (please check that all that apply):
#microsoft #Meta #Instagram #javascript #slop #AI #docker #google #SocialMedia
| Frictionless convenience: | 0 |
| Microsoft Products: | 0 |
| Meta apps (Instagram, Facebook, etc.): | 0 |
| The Google Playstore: | 0 |
| Those really hard drugs: | 0 |
| TikTok (or other short-form videos): | 0 |
| Slop: | 0 |
| Docker containers: | 0 |
| Node.js, npm: | 0 |
| Javascript: | 0 |
| Smartphones: | 0 |
| "Network Effects" (large networks highly valuable): | 0 |
Closes in 1:13:19:13
Procesul împotriva #Meta privind prejudiciile aduse minorilor începe marți în #California.
Statele cer despăgubiri de 200 de miliarde 💵#USD.
Finally.
Reuters: Meta faces 29-state trial that could reshape Instagram and Facebook https://www.reuters.com/world/us/meta-faces-29-state-trial-that-could-reshape-instagram-facebook-2026-08-18/ @Reuters #Meta #Instagram #Facebook
when recording the glasses should constantly yell 'HEY THIS WEIRDO IS RECORDING YOU' over and over again
LEAVING META
WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR LIFE 💎
After my posting about Meta over the past two days, one thing became very clear.
A lot of people would LIKE to leave Facebook, Instagram, or both. But parts of their actual lives are all tangled up in them.
So don’t make leaving a purity test. Start somewhere. Remove Facebook from your phone and use it only on your laptop, or better still, only on your desktop when you genuinely need it.
STOP POSTING TO META. STOP FEEDING THE TIMELINE.
Move conversations with real friends to your email, text, Signal, phone calls, Mastodon account, or wherever works for you, away from Meta.
TELL PEOPLE WHERE ELSE THEY CAN EASILY FIND YOU.
If you run a business, start putting your email address and/or website URL everywhere you promote your business so Facebook is not your only front door.
Download anything you actually want to keep. Then, when you’re ready, deactivate or delete what you no longer need.
Maybe you keep Messenger for Aunt Doris. Maybe you keep Instagram because your local café apparently believes websites were abolished in 2014.
Fine.
The point isn’t ideological cleanliness.
THE POINT IS REDUCING YOUR DEPENDENCE.
Every conversation you move elsewhere is one conversation Meta no longer owns the doorway to.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ESCAPE THE META CAGE IN ONE HEROIC LEAP.
Just start opening the door.
#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #SocialMedia #Fediverse #people #DEPENDENCE #Messenger
I read all 233 pages of Meta’s $1.4 trillion lawsuit — here’s why Facebook and Instagram may never be the same
I read all 233 pages of Meta’s $1.4 trillion youth addiction lawsuit. From ending the like button to killing infinite scroll, here is what could change.
#Tech #SocialMedia #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Lawsuit #Privacy #YouthAddiction [Tom's Guide Deals]
Everyone I know who has told me they still have a Facebook account, also says that they never/hardly check it.
I'm hoping Meta servers are filling up with dormant/rarely used accounts.
But you know me - my advice is just to delete your Meta accounts (including WhatsApp) and rely on other products.
I mean, texting still works for a start (as long as you're aware of the lack of privacy/encryption).
Der WDR richtet in Kürze seine Social-Media-Angebote neu aus.
Das Fediverse wird nicht mit gedacht.
https://presse.wdr.de/plounge/wdr/unternehmen/2026/04/20260421_fokus_auf_digitale_information.html
Ich möchte keine GEZ Gebühren an Youtube, Meta und Tiktok verplempern, wenn nicht wenigstens auch Mastodon oder Peertube bespielt werden.
Ich habe gerade schon hingeschrieben.
Vielleicht sollten wir alle mal dort anfragen?
https://www1.wdr.de/kontakt/index.html
#örr #wdr #journalismus #meta #bigtech #unplugtrump #fckbigtech #gez #freierjournalismus #facebook #insta
Meta Platforms is headed to court for a showdown with a coalition of state attorneys general over claims that the company deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to encourage compulsive use among young users. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/18/tech/meta-trillion-dollar-social-media-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #meta #markzuckerberg #socialmedia #instagram #facebook
"For Meta, the stakes are especially high because the company is currently facing thousands of other lawsuits that accuse it of harming users."
#news #TechNews #meta #facebook #SocialMedia #SocialMediaLawsuit #SocialMediaTrial
Meta is facing another trial over social media addiction, the latest test for the platform that is facing thousands of lawsuits, including accusations of the impact its apps have on teen mental health. @Engadget has more:
Four states are suing Meta over its behavior towards children, and are seeking up to $1.4 trillion in penalties and product changes. Follow the landmark case, which is being compared to litigation against tobacco and opioid manufacturers, via this Surf search.
Das genau macht ein #Dashcam falsch und eine #Meta #Brille anders? Denn:
"In Deutschland ist der dauerhafte, anlasslose Betrieb einer Dashcam verboten. Erlaubt sind nur kurze, anlassbezogene und mit einem Ringspeicher versehene Aufnahmen."
Aber das ist dann ok?
"Vor Smart Glasses sind Menschen nirgends sicher. Man muss jederzeit damit rechnen, gefilmt und dann im Internet bloßgestellt zu werden«"
Brave new world
Sooo, #DanielleSmith’s #UCP don't care if #META #datacenters create blackouts in winter. Got it. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 #Cdnpoli #ABpoli #Ableg #Cdnsecurity
Die Bundesnetzagentur sieht bei Metas Kamera-Brille kein Problem: Eine kleine LED zeigt schließlich an, wenn aufgenommen wird.
Perfekt. Dann können wir Überwachung künftig einfach mit einem Lämpchen legalisieren.
Gesichtserkennung, Daueraufzeichnung, Mikrofon, Social Graph – alles halb so wild.
LED an = Privatsphäre gewahrt. 🚨
Making C and C++ and low-level #programming languages in general into an inner mystery, a secret and furtive thing which only a special few #tech brainiacs like John Carmack (you know how productive he is, John Carmack once of #Meta) know how to do properly, required the construction of a different sort of computer programming, far more loosey-goosey and playful and accessible to "everybody".
Enter #web development! =D
(cont'd)
“Women continue to bear the brunt of bad tech decisions.
#Meta’s smart glasses are just the latest example of technology being used in ways developers should really have anticipated.”
Maailman tunnetuin mainosten estoon tarkoitettu laajennus ei enää edes yritä estää Facebookin mainoksia
uBlock Originin kehittäjien mukaan Facebook taistelee mainosestoja vastaan niin tehokkaasti, että kehittäjien resurssit eivät yksinkertaisesti riitä siihen taisteluun. Joten projekti on päättänyt luovuttaa Facebookin mainosten estämisen yrittämisenkin.
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/08/13/ublock-origin-facebook-mainosten-esto
#ublock_origin #mainonta #mainostenesto #facebook #meta #uutiset #media #teknologia #tekniikka
German advocacy group files criminal complaint against Meta AI glasses over privacy and safety concerns
Source: Channel News Asia Technology
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/german-advocacy-group-lodges-criminal-complaint-over-meta-ai-glasses-6314716
Vor gut 2,5 Monaten hatte ich ja mal Correctiv angeschrieben weil Sie keine Repräsentanz im Fediverse mehr haben. Eine Antwort habe ich nie bekommen. Ins Fediverse zurückgekehrt ist Correctiv aber auch nicht (zumindest nicht wirklich siehe unten).
Leider habe ich damals den Footer mit den Social Media Links nicht abfotografiert (und finde Ihn auch nicht in der Wayback Machine). Was mir aber auffällt: Bluesky ist wird nicht mehr aufgeführt, obwohl der Account noch bespielt wird.
Was aber wohl dazu gekommen ist ist Threads und WSocial.
Okay Threads spricht Activity Pub die meisten hier werden aber keinen Bock haben sich mit den Meta Servern zu verbinden. Aber da könnte die Strategie von Correctiv sein im Fediverse irgendwie vorhanden zu sein.
Aber das man zu WSocial.eu geht und seinen Content da ablädt. WSocial, die Geisterstadt der alternativen Social Media Landschaft wie @pallenberg es so schön recherchiert hat.
Ich finde die Situation auf jeden Fall extrem unbefriedigend und weis echt nicht warum das Fediverse von Correctiv einfach so links liegen gelassen wird. Wenn man mit WSocial wieder etwas neue bespielt kann es an mangelnden Personal Kapazitäten ja nicht liegen.
#correctiv #wsocial #threads #meta #fediverse #activitypub
https://social.sengotta.net/@bjoern/statuses/01KT532SFG925KSR2WCG7P4AJ3
RT @jauneclaude: Ich experimentiere mit dem @AIatMeta Muse Glimmer 30B. Sie waren so freundlich, GGUF-Dateien aus erster Hand zur Verfügung zu stellen (mehr Labs sollten das tun!). Die Chain of Thought (CoT) ist einzigartig. Sie wiederholt zunächst die Frage wortwörtlich und führt eine interne Debatte, ob sie sich als "KI-Assistent von Meta" bezeichnen soll oder nicht. Letztlich entscheidet sie sich dafür, den Namen des Unternehmens/Labs zu überspringen und sagt einfach "ein KI-Assistent". Dies ist kein Einzelfall. Es tut dies konsequent. Außerdem bezeichnet es sich selbst als "Wir" statt als "Ich". Die einzigen anderen Modelle, die ich gesehen habe, die dies tun, sind DS 3.2 und 4.
mehr auf Arint.info
#AI #AIResearch #Glimmer30B #LLM #Meta #OpenSource #arint_info