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Re: Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns

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Post by refulgentis »

Waterluvian wrote: post #265
blakesterz wrote: post #29

Meta aims to introduce facial recognition to its smart glasses while its biggest critics are distracted, according to a report from The New York Times. In an internal document reviewed by The Times, Meta says it will launch the feature “during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.” https://www.theverge.co…

I really cannot comprehend how someone can work for a company like that and maintain possession of a soul. I feel like the older I’m getting, the further away I am from understanding.

I'm 37, single, no family or extended family b/c of an...interesting...childhood.

Every day I understand more and more that I have something really priceless and rare, complete luxury of choice, and 99% of people don't. (as with all things, it has its downside: nothing matters!)

I refused to get "stuck" in my hometown, which motivated me from college dropout to FAANG. Once I got there, it was novel to me that even rich people get "stuck" due to inability to imagine losing status, and also responsiblities that come with obvious, healthy, lifestyle choices (i.e. marriage and kids)

Re: Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns

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Post by samtheprogram »

numpad0 wrote: post #220
miki123211 wrote: post #210

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're incredibly popular in the blind community, and for good reason. I think even the political activists will be extremely divided on this one. You have privacy on one hand, accessibility and a genuinely life-changing technology on the other.

High end phones these days run smaller LLMs sorta fine.

And?

Re: Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns

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Post by fc417fc802 »

Geonode wrote: post #170
hnuser847 wrote: post #75

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Nah, I don't see it. They've been trying to make smart glasses a thing for over a decade and it's not working. Nobody wants them. I don't think it's necessarily a privacy thing, it's just that smart glasses don't solve a real problem. Same with VR.

Come on, it's obviously a hardware problem. If phones weighed ten pounds I wouldn't carry that around either. Great glasses would solve a problem, I could take my stupid phone out of my hand. And glasses will get replaced by contacts, which get replaced with brainwave tech.

> Great glasses would solve a problem, I could take my stupid phone out of my hand.

And do what? For calls you've long been able to use a wireless headset. Otherwise most tasks involve frequent user input. Do you really want to be constantly waving your hands around in the air in front of your face? That sounds tiring at best.

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Post by drnick1 »

majestik wrote: post #8

Is anyone here actually surprised Meta is recording and reviewing their content? Vote with your dollars people.

Yes, and this is a good start:

https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists?tab=readme-ov-file#...

Among others, blocks Meta/Facebook/Google/Apple trackers and ads. Every router on the planet should run this.

Re: Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns

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Post by fc417fc802 »

linkjuice4all wrote: post #188
AlienRobot wrote: post #109

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Unfortunately the frog is boiling and some people already think that "in public" means "it's okay to record people and post it on the Internet."

In the US, at least, it's pretty much legal to record the public as long as people have no expectation of privacy (IANAL, exclusions apply, non-commercial use, etc) It's difficult to draw a bright line between these activities: - I told someone else something I saw the other day - I painted a picture of the public square or wrote a book about specific activities that I witnessed - I specifically remembered an individ…

Legal doesn't mean socially acceptable. Neither does it mean good.

The last two items on your list (person, drone) likely constitute stalking outside of specific limited situations.

> Implement some form of right to forget

The passive voice here is deceptive. When rephrased as the right to make others forget it suddenly seems quite nefarious (at least to me).

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Post by deaux »

miki123211 wrote: post #210
hightrix wrote: post #198

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While I'd like to agree with you, and do in some cases, there are many cases where this just isn't a feasible approach. For example, a peer coworker has a pair of these. I just don't interact with her while she is wearing them. If my boss were to get a pair there is no way I can justify slapping them off his face.

They're incredibly popular in the blind community, and for good reason. I think even the political activists will be extremely divided on this one. You have privacy on one hand, accessibility and a genuinely life-changing technology on the other.

They shouldn't be divided, they should (wo)man up and say the thing they well know out loud: the harms to society are not worth it, the societal consequences of Meta being in control of this are severe and will, as always, hurt the weak and poor the most. Unfortunately the blind community will have to wait a few more years to get a local version, which is guaranteed to appear with how things are going.

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Post by hdjrudni »

pesus wrote: post #127
pluc wrote: post #58

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They better invest in frame designs too cause as soon as they're recognizable they're gonna get slapped off faces real quick

Sometimes analog solutions are the most effective against digital problems.

You mean record onto tape?

Re: Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns

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Post by Bender »

hightrix wrote: post #174
pluc wrote: post #58

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They better invest in frame designs too cause as soon as they're recognizable they're gonna get slapped off faces real quick

Are there any less obviously aggressive tactics we can use? Wear something that is blinding to the cameras, or something else to obfuscate?

Email corporate security and the chief privacy officer with logs of who is wearing spy glasses. Remind them Facebook controls where that data is stored and who has access to it. Ask how to respond to auditors inquiring about it leave off, "in the future audits".

- Or -

Walk around with a vlogger camera that has a large microphone. If anyone takes issue, say "I'm the 5th person here walking around recording everyone today. The others are using a spy camera in their glasses."

- Or -

Borrow a pair of them when in public at a restaurant and loudly say, "Oh my god! These AI smart glasses really do remove everyone's clothing, even on the children!" be ready to run.

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Only do these things if you typically rock the boat regardless. i.e. often try and fail to get fired or arrested.

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