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IMHO, Meta is the prime example for privacy intrusion in tech history and with this new smart glasses device, they've leveled their game too far by recording pe
by redbell 4mo ago
IMHO, Meta is the prime example for privacy intrusion in tech history and with this new smart glasses device, they've leveled their game too far by recording people in their home, sometimes even naked, without their consent. This was already discussed here about a month ago: Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961838 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961838)
- ToucanLoucan 4mo agoIt should be socially normalized to eject people wearing these from your premises and/or life. I don’t care what convenience feature this possibly has, if you’re wearing a data miner you have no place near me. Fuck off.
- thin_carapace 4mo agohaha maybe you are down voted for the crass expression but I do agree with the sentiment - I never gave consent to be filmed in public, let alone for the express purpose of assisting zuckerbergs torture nexus (or for filling his minions' spank bank apparently). however I don't know of any precedent that considers physical violence as a valid response to being filmed without consent
- none2585 4mo agoWe are beyond precedent in so many respects, violence is likely the only way back to a more sane timeline.
- thin_carapace 4mo agothe powers that be will always quash discussion of violence as it threatens their monopoly on such behaviour , all that can be said here is that a good god is vengeful. otherwise, imagine being a child or elderly during a time of forced precedent rejection .. it must be very scary
- clumsysmurf 4mo agoI had an appliance delivered from Home Depot, and after it was installed, the person mentioned he had Meta glasses on. I didn't realize the whole time he was wearing them in my home, because I didn't know what they looked like. I felt uneasy.
- ToucanLoucan 4mo agoAnd to be clear, I would be uneasy with this being made by any company, but I am quadruple uneasy with it being fucking Meta. Fuck meta, fuck Facebook, fuck their shitty business model and their algorithm. Most companies I can give like, they make SOME good shit. Even Google. Not Meta, our entire civilization would be better off if we shoved all their bullshit into an ocean.
- mzmzmzm 4mo agoI recently noticed that there are a ton of gig jobs (like this https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/lbg/d/brooklyn-office-errand-runner-needed-in/7938528423.html https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/lbg/d/brooklyn-office-err...) that pay manual laborers to do their ordinary work with a wearable in order to train world/vision/robotics models. So expect a lot more of this horrifying intrusion unless the cutlure shifts.
- TiredOfLife 4mo agoAmish communities exist. You are free to join them.
- ToucanLoucan 4mo agoNuance also exists. For example: I love electricity. I do not love face-mounted facial recognition spy technology.
- phyrex 4mo agoThose glasses don't record by themselves. Somebody pressed the button and deliberately recorded it.