this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2026
54 points (100.0% liked)

news

642 readers
950 users here now

A lightweight news hub to help decentralize the fediverse load: mirror and discuss headlines here so the giant instance communities aren’t a single choke-point.

Rules:

  1. Recent news articles only (past 30 days)
  2. Title must match the headline or neutrally describe the content
  3. Avoid duplicates & spam (search before posting; batch minor updates).
  4. Be civil; no hate or personal attacks.
  5. No link shorteners
  6. No entire article in the post body

founded 5 months ago
MODERATORS
top 9 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] RalfWausE@feddit.org 6 points 22 hours ago

I make the following prediction: After a couple glassholes get stomped this technology will be retired for the civilian market... but I guess cops will like it.

[–] homes@piefed.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They can’t possibly be doing this because consumers want it, so the real question is: why are they doing it?

Follow the money

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because they are techno-fascist terrorist organization that is part of a coup to take over the US government and this is intended to be one of the tools to aide them in their evil plans.

[–] homes@piefed.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You know, maybe nobody believes this because it just sounds so goddamn boring the way they’re doing it

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

If someone doesn't believe it at this point then they're being willfully ignorant. These assholes have openly said as much.

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

Everything Meta does is in Zuck's image. If they add this, it's because he wants it.

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

So these things are going to just be scanning faces in public now...

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 23 hours ago

They just keep getting worse!

I need to stack up on spray paint.