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DEF CON bans Meta-style 'pervert glasses' (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Human eyes are also sensitive to high intensity IR and UV light so you will also blind a human wearing them. Depending on the wavelength, permanently.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works -2 points 11 hours ago

So what? They were okay with wearing glasses anyway.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I'm already in favor of using high-powered lasers, you don't have to keep convincing me

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

I meant to include ‘strobe’ in the definition. A low duty cycle would cut down on the biological impact, and rapid, random cycling would help blind the sensors as they try to compensate.

[–] oyzmo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Lidar would probably do the trick