Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers around the country.
    • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      1 day ago

      They’re selling them for $400?! If everyone buys a pair but never uses them they’ll go bankrupt in a second. No way they’re making money at that price.

      • blitzen@lemmy.ca
        2·
        1 day ago

        Looks like between $379 and $499. Although last generation can be had for $224, and there’s an outlier at $799 as well.

  • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
    17·
    2 days ago

    I like the editor in chief of 404 just hovering menacingly in the background of that picture

    But seriously, every pair of these glasses should be treated with disgust and hostility by people who see them.

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      The fact that this is labelled as a “flashlight” and the product listing doesn’t tell you anywhere that it’s actually a laser is shady as fuck. The seller is probably trying to dodge safety regulations.

      There’s a review on the same product from a different seller that has a close-up of the label:

      https://a.co/d/0bgSPi28

      This is a 50W laser, which is pretty dangerous. Just looking at the reflection spot where the laser hits something could damage your eyes, and never mind looking directly into the beam. If you’re going to use something like this you should be wearing properly tested safety glasses rated for that frequency, not the cheapos that come with it.

      Edit: that safety label is definitely wrong. Class III lasers are between 5 and 500 mW, so this is probably 500mW and not 50000mW, which makes a lot more sense because you’d never fit that in an object this size.

      The fact that the safety label is wrong makes this thing even worse.

      • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        6·
        2 days ago

        As an avid watcher of styropyro, any labeling on that device is pretty much useless. Considering it burns shit, it’s at least 1W, if not higher. Amazon and eBay lasers are notorious for being orders of magnitude more powerful than they are advertised, which is why I picked this one lol. If it costs more than $30, it’s probably capable of blinding anyone not careful with it.

        • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
          4·
          7 hours ago

          Hooray, it is of indeterminate wattage.

          In the context of economies of scale, I think it’s possible that a lot of these laser pointers are made with surplus Blu-ray diodes, which have obviously been produced in mass quantities. It would explain why they can be had so cheaply.

      • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        2·
        2 days ago

        Judging by the single review, it’s well over the <5mw classification for safe use. Considering that it reportedly burns black objects, it’s at least 1W, which means even reflections could be permanently blinding nearly instantly :).

        Would fry the cameras in these glasses just as fast. Would not use as a laser pointer for cats.