Discussion

autoexec: "using the bathroom" will be the least of what they're watching people do. Anyone wearing these glasses (or similar) should know that all of the audio/video picked up by the glasses will be watched and analyzed by others, likely by AI as well. Just as the entire point of facebook is spy on people and profit from that data, the entire point of these devices is to spy on people in ways that the facebook app doesn't/can't and profit from that data.

nervysnail: [delayed]

simmerup: And now realise the same is true for your robot vacuum, car camera, doorbell camera, etc etcWe consumers have no protection against big tech

pseudocomposer: We definitely don’t have any hard boundaries baked into this tech preventing big tech from (ab)using our data this way. But are there specific companies you think are doing this? I think with Meta products, it’s been rather obvious for a long time. But I’ve had a Nest doorbell camera and thermostats for years, and first iRobot and now Roborock vacuums, and they don’t really seem so suspect.

Semaphor: Sure you do. All of those are available in local versions without Internet.Youjust need to care enough, be able to afford them (while my vacuum has no camera, it requires the cloud, but it was significantly cheaper than a local or hackable one), and have the ability to self host something like home assistant.

philipallstar: Why especially public transport?

paxys: How many times will the same report be regurgitated and reposted? There is nothing added here that the original source didn't cover already (https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-data-...). Read that instead of the derivative blogspam.

winddude: Yea, but not a bad reminder to ridicule people who wear them, and if possible destroy on site.

thegrim33: Source: Someone who says that someone said that someone anonymous said. (Literally)

indubioprorubik: At least the vacuum does not try to start a civil war for add impressions..