News that Isn't!

[Ian H]

An upright tandem with the riders face-to-face was banned by the CTT. There was another with the riders back-to-back (not quite so aerodynamically efficient. I've seen back-to-back recumbent trikes, as well as 'ordinary' double recumbent tandem trikes.

 

[Psamathe]

Creepy weirdo buys glasses developed by creepy weirdo and uses them to do creepy things.


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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g369y5k8ko

I wonder if the backlash is starting to become more widespread

Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears
Meta says safeguards are in place to prevent surreptitious filming, but some UK venues now prohibit them from being worn at all
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But those plans have hit a snag in the UK, where venues from elite restaurants to popular pub chains have banned the £359 glasses in order to preserve the privacy of customers and staff.

Even pub chain Wetherspoons will not allow people to record using the glasses inside.

Tim Martin, its chief executive, said: “The general code that applies in our pubs, and most pubs, is that you can’t film customers or employees without their permission. Meta glasses seem to breach this code, and common sense, by enabling surreptitious surveillance, so our instinct is to say turn off the cameras. This is akin to our efforts to stop audible playing of videos in our pubs, which also invades people’s space.”

Maybe most significant in the report is "Even pub chain Wetherspoons will not allow ..."

 

[Pross]

I wonder if the backlash is starting to become more widespread

Maybe most significant in the report is "Even pub chain Wetherspoons will not allow ..."

Problem comes if they make them look like normal glasses.

 

[BoldonLad]

I wonder if the backlash is starting to become more widespread

Maybe most significant in the report is "Even pub chain Wetherspoons will not allow ..."

That's it then, I was about to order some, but, I would have to change my drinking venue 😂