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Re: Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs

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Post by jnovek » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC

stronglikedan wrote: post #41

I_am_tiberius wrote: post #28

Not a fan of regulation in general, but would love to see a ban of cameras on glasses used in public spaces.

Why? What's the difference between that and one of the many, many concealed camera options that you don't even notice? Just that it's noticeable? I don't think that's a good enough reason for yet-more-regulation. You're already being recorded everywhere you go in public by the authorities, and often by people standing right next to you unnoticed, so just act accordingly.

“You're already being recorded everywhere you go in public by the authorities”

You are the frog being boiled.

Re: Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs

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Post by 1718627440 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

OutOfHere wrote: post #31

jofzar wrote: post #4

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There's a name for these people, glassholes

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> People have a right to record in public

I do not want to live in such a dystopian country. No this right shouldn't exist and I'm glad it doesn't in my country.

> If none of this makes sense to you, wait till standalone cameras become much smaller to where they become a smartbutton -- what will you do then?

Why are you against killing? Wait till you don't need to hit them but can accelerate metal pieces at them -- what will you do then?

> Any American who has any opposition to public recording is fighting the First Amendment and doesn't even deserve to be an American.

Anyone who is against X deserves not to be protected by law. "First they came for the communists..."

Re: Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs

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Post by 3form » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

getnormality wrote: post #52

OutOfHere wrote: post #15

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Huh. There you go again, thinking everyone else is an idiot. Capture of video data of users by Meta is never acceptable. It would not be acceptable for any phone, and it is not acceptable for any glass, ever.

I don't know why people buy smart glasses. Maybe they buy them for video capture. If so, the videos go to Meta's servers and Meta might do things with them. They might be criticized for not reviewing them in certain cases. That's one reason why I wouldn't buy Meta smart glasses.

If only we had the technology to record video without sending it to Meta's servers.

Re: Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs

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Post by JohnFen » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

OutOfHere wrote: post #31

jofzar wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a name for these people, glassholes

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> It is not up to you to deprive anyone their right to use them.

I don't see anyone saying that people don't have the right to use them. I see people saying that they have the right to avoid being anywhere near the people who use them and to disapprove of those people. Which is just as much of a right as the right to wear spy glasses.

Re: Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs

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Post by ClawsOnPaws » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

voidUpdate wrote: post #38

OutOfHere wrote: post #31

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What are the reasonable and legitimate uses of smart glasses with cameras in that can record without the subject being aware?

I am blind, and I could imagine several usecases which would make my life a lot easier by using glasses like this. But because of their reputation I will most likely never use them, and especially not in public. I'm already afraid enough people will think I'm recording them when I use my phone to get info about what's around me, definitely don't need to get punched in the face for wearing meta on my face.

Edit: Not that I would want Meta to get all that data anyway. But even if glasses exist which are more privacy conscious, I think Meta and Google Glass thoroughly ruined the reputation of any kind of wearable like this.

Re: Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC

f311a wrote: post #44

Why do they even need workers to classify naked content? They could filter some content prior to passing it to workers. They already have models to moderate explicit content.

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Re: Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs

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Post by mulr00ney » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC

OutOfHere wrote: post #31

jofzar wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a name for these people, glassholes

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>It is not up to you to deprive anyone their right to use them.

Why is it a right?

>Are you going to go after car cameras next?

No. A car cannot follow me into a building very easily. It cannot turn as quickly as a human head.

>Any American who has any opposition to public recording is violating the First Amendment and doesn't even deserve to be an American.

lmao

Re: Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs

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Post by embedding-shape » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

HarHarVeryFunny wrote: post #9

Not sure which is worse here - that Meta are recording video from customers' smart glasses, or that they are firing people who talk about it.

The latter, as they can't even claim to have done so by accident, or "it was just bug".

Re: Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs

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Post by SlinkyOnStairs » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

gorbachev wrote: post #2

Meta cancels the contract with the outsourcing company they contracted to classify smart glasses content after employees at the company whistleblow about serious privacy issues with the content they were paid to classify.

"Fun" bonus fact: This isn't the first time Sama (the outsourcing company) has had these problems.

OpenAI had them classify CSAM, so Sama fired them as a client back in 2022. https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/

We're 4 years on, 3 years since that report broke. Not a single thing has improved about how tech companies operate.

Re: Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs

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Post by AlecSchueler » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

JohnFen wrote: post #64

OutOfHere wrote: post #31

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> It is not up to you to deprive anyone their right to use them. I don't see anyone saying that people don't have the right to use them. I see people saying that they have the right to avoid being anywhere near the people who use them and to disapprove of those people. Which is just as much of a right as the right to wear spy glasses.

I'm glad to see opinion seems to be swaying back in this direction. It was only a few months ago that the general sentiment seemed to be "times are different than the glasshole days, it's fine now."