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No thanks. We're still in the early days of wearing a camera directly on our faces. One of the major backlashes to Google Glass was the fact that other people didn't know they were being recorded and felt their privacy was invaded. Snap rightly added the recording light to Spectacles to ease this concern. Covering up the light increases the creepiness again.
Also, who does this solve a problem for? It makes it directly worse for anyone being filmed (creepiness factor way up) and the person wearing the glasses doesn't see the light. Your marketing website does not help ease concerns about any of this).
@eric3000 Thanks for the feedback. This really all in good fun, - anyone could just make their own stickers anyways. Plus a little light still shows - just not enough to make it obnoxious anymore.
If you really wanted to be creepy and secretly record someone there are tons of hidden camera glasses (that look like real glasses) available on Amazon for ~$20.
Considering Spectacles are the hottest gadget of 2016 (even outside the tech world) it's safe to say no one is being "sneaky" wearing them, even with this sticker!
I felt that subjects of videos of spectacles focused too much on the camera and it ruined the moment instead of relaxing and letting the moment flow.
EDIT: Eric, I agree with your concern. I really want spectacles to work and I think the lights were a great step forward, I just personally wanted a cleaner look (knowing I will respect others privacy) though I hear your concern of this in the wrong hands. I'm optimistic these will be used in the right way.
@danielsing3r@eric3000 people rarely buy spy gadgets. A lot of people will probably buy Spectacles. The problem is not surveillance between people, the end problem is the surveillance power by both the company running the service (Snap) and the government they're tied to (the US)
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@danielsing3r I'm curious as to how much cash you can make from this lol. You should let us know sometime lol.
@rahulmfg hopefully not as we've not infringed on any IP and are simply selling stickers but if they want us to stop we will. We're just big fans building a fun accessory for a product we love.
Hi Producthunt!
Fitz and I threw together this quick little site to fix a problem we kept having when we were being Spectabros. Those lights are just too damn distracting.
So we hunted around and make some stickers to help all the other Spectafolk out there and live the #clean life without "all of the lights". (tweet me if you got that reference)
You can go grab a 3 pack on our site https://spectaholes.com and tweet us dank memes @spectaholes
Read the trendy medium post here: https://a-musing.co/digging-for-...
Thanks!
@danielsing3r@spectaholes Hi, your blog post is still in "Submission" mode, which means people won't be able to recommend it on Medium. Probably need to publish the post :0 Cudos for the quick product!
Those lights aren't for the wearer. They're for the people around you who wouldn't otherwise be aware you have a camera strapped to your face. You should consider the privacy ramifications of what you're doing.
@shortformernie We still let enough light shine out to make others aware of the recording but not so much (as they currently do) to completely take away the moment and make people act unnaturally.
@danielsing3r The reason why people act unnaturally is not because of the lights, but because of the camera. The lights tell people the camera is there.
It's a feature, not a flaw.
You should really reconsider this product.
@shortformernie I agree and I hear your point, I also think the design of Spectacles is quite distinctive and people know what they are. But we let enough light shine through so people may know that you're recording. You have a valid point though.
@danielsing3r I strongly disagree that people by default know what they are. There are plenty of people out in meatspace that don't even know what Snapchat is, let alone Spectacles, and those people may not enjoy having a camera in their face.
You have to consider the assumption that someone looking at a person wearing these glasses doesn't read Product Hunt or TechCrunch.
I see many comments about privacy, and people not being happy to not know that they are recorded. Well I did a test, wearing a 360 camera on top of my head and recording for my entire commute... nobody gave a S@#$% , even so the camera was super obvious ! https://youtu.be/o8J7wyDRtUY
@etienne_l yeah even with the lights when recording in public nobody cared, it's just your friends who all start looking at the camera.
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@etienne_l well that conclusion is just complete bullshit. if you were to ask everybody that you recorded, id say that at least 50% of all people wouldnt want that. just because nobody told you to stop or realized what you did, doesnt mean they didnt care.
@gopietz hard to not realized what I was doing, with that thing in my head and a blinking led... but for me that is the same issue than when a journalist take a picture of a crowd, they do not ask permission to each single person... https://www.facebook.com/v360app...
@etienne_l@gopietz Not to bring in the law, though @fitztepper could help with that :P but you're definitely allowed in most of the states of the US to take photos/videos/recordings in spaces where there is no expectation of privacy. Ie the street, a mall, etc. You bring up a good point about consent, I'd just add that this has been an issue every since camera's became mainstream.
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I had a similar idea of altering the glasses, but it was most like to dye the frame a different color or move the camera into a wooded frame, you think they (snap inc) will be okay with it?
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@danielsing3r did you guys get into trouble I want to alter the glasses too! Like frame colors and make it furry oh also I wanna move the camera out of there and maybe put it in a different position. do you think I'll get in trouble?
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