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Here are some basic primers. If someone is wearing what look like Meta glasses, they usually have a small circular camera in the outer corners of the lenses, like the one on your phone.

I would also regularly check their own product pages so you're on top of what the models look like. They tend to have larger frames, but come in a variety of shapes and colors.

A new hobbyist developed app warns if people nearby may be wearing smart glasses, such as Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses, which stalkers and harassers have repeatedly used to film people without their knowledge or consent. The app scans for smart glasses’ distinctive Bluetooth signatures and sends a push alert if it detects a potential pair of glasses in the local area.

The American Foundation for the Blind has said that "The Ray-Ban Meta glasses are an accessibility tool only by coincidence. That makes them more affordable and, in many ways, unaware of the needs of users with reduced vision" although they do have seemingly positive views on Meta Glasses as a whole. (source 10). It also seems like their marketing push as accessibility devices began last year (source 11).

But to add even more into the nonsense, Meta is now toying around with adding a "limit" to the functionality of their glasses unless their users pay for more access (source 12). AND, as stated above, Meta has officially added facial recognition code in their glasses and only admitted it after being called out, which is basically the death of privacy as we know it (source 13, source 14, source 15). And oh look another lawsuit because of it (source 16) THAT THEY LOST (source 17)!

Long story short: I don't begrudge someone using them as a disability aid overall, but ultimately both their privacy and other people's privacy are being disregarded by Meta and that is not and should not be acceptable by any means.

I understand there is no ethical consumption under capitalism but there is a level of personal responsibility someone has to take when using them if they truly truly need them, such as opting out of sharing information, not filming strangers without permission, not posting footage of strangers online, opting out of facial recognition if possible, etc.

An unidentified deceased cosplayer was found in the Rhine on June 2nd, 2026. They appear to have been either a trans woman or a crossplayer and may have been the victim of a hate crime.

Police need your help identifying them!

Identifying information:

Sex: male

Apparent age: 20 - 30

Appearance: female appearance with long hair, skirt and painted fingernails, red earrings, silver ring

Height: 180 cm

Clothing: two jackets (beige and black) t-shirt with manga figure, short skirt with white belt, black leggings

Hair color: brown

Eye color: brown

Body type: Slim

Tattoos include (but are not limited to): Black & white tattoos of Alastor from Hazbin Hotel, a Grief Seed from Madoka Magica, Meroko from Full Moon wo Sagashite in rabbit form, and the girl from Missing Halloween.

They also had facial tattoos and a lip piercing. They may have been cosplaying as Homura Akemi from Madoka Magica.

Pictures of the deceased & their tattoos are available, but be warned that the images are graphic.

Please contact the Cologne police with any information you may have. A picture of them alive would be amazing in helping spread the word.

Phone: 0221/229-0

Email:[email protected]

You can also provide an anonymous tip through the link below.

Let’s help bring them home.

TW for the link: graphic images of the deceased

Und ein CW: Das erste Bild auf der Polizei NRW Seite, die OP hier verlinkt, ist eine Nahaufnahme vom Gesicht der verstorbenen Person. Die anderen Bilder sind von den Tattoos, zusammen mit verheilten SV-Narben.

Hier noch ein Foto in Homura Akemi cosplay. Fotograf hat mit der Polizei gesprochen und es konnte bestätigt werden, dass es sich um die selbe Person handelt. Fotograf konnte ebenfalls bestätigen, dass sie sichtbare Piercings hatte.

Nimmt es bitte nicht zu ernst...ok?

New England Fog. Jamestown, RI. 2023-12-26.