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by amelius 53 days ago
People do that on my subway all the time.

It's the camera of their smartphone.

Not sure if it's ON though.

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They point the camera of their smartphone directly at you?
At everything on the opposite side of the screen, typically. There is a recording light for Meta glasses, but not one for iPhones, for example: the "recording" indicators are all user-side there.
When I'm on public transport, people generally face their phones in such a way that they'd only be filming your feet or the floor... They don't hold them up at head height in such a way that other people would be recorded. Maybe it's just a cultural thing
Usually they are pointed at the ground when they're reading off them.