Meta unveils stylish — yes really — Smart Glasses with freakishly advanced AI capabilities
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These stylish shades may look like a regular pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers — but “it’s a bit obvious when you’re walking into public toilets with your phone in the air compared to wea…

Meta sparks privacy fears after unveiling $299 Smart Glasses with hidden cameras: ‘You can now film everyone without them knowing’::These stylish shades may look like a regular pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers, but they’re actually Meta’s new Smart Glasses, complete with two tiny cameras and speakers implanted in the arms. The wearable tech was unveiled by Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday at the 2023 Meta Connect conference in Menlo Park, California, sparking a frenzy online.

  • Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    48·
    9 months ago

    I remember when Google glasses came out, people got assaulted for wearing them

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/san-francisco-woman-says-she-was-attacked-for-wearing-google-glass/

    Her Facebook post 💀

    “OMG so you’ll never believe this but… I got verbally and physically assaulted and robbed last night in the city, had things thrown at me because of some ---- Google Glass haters,” Slocum posted to Facebook.

          • erwan@lemmy.mlEnglish
            51·
            9 months ago

            The Meta smart glasses have a LED, and they claim to detect when it’s covered and asked the user to clear it (not activating the camera) when it’s the case.

            But honestly, there are already devices to record people without their consent. Just go to AliExpress and you’ll find devices that don’t even bother adding a LED (because the whole point of the device is stealth filming).

          • phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            Next up: a bunch of facebook.posts on how to kill the recording.lights without damaging the glasses…

    • Nightwatch Admin@feddit.nlEnglish
      92·
      9 months ago

      The trick is now you can’t tell. Should it be illegal? Heck yes. Will it? “Hmm … technology, so important … innovation… privacy is dead anyway …. terrorism prevention… “

      • dependencyInjection@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        12·
        9 months ago

        Why should it be illegal?

        It’s perfectly legal to photograph strangers in public. You’re in public you have no reasonable expectation of privacy.

        I don’t see people assaulting CCTV cameras for instance.

        Sure some weirdos might I use it for nefarious reasons but if it didn’t exist they would still be weirdos using something else.

        • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          10·
          9 months ago

          People wear their glasses everywhere, including a variety of places where there is an expectation of privacy or where it is otherwise prohibited to record. Places where you would not be allowed to hold up your phone or camera and take photos.

          The introduction of tech that makes it impossible to distinguish between someone minding their own business and someone recording you demands a change to the legal framework. It doesn’t make sense to hold to laws that were written for an entirely different scenario.

          I don’t see people assaulting CCTV cameras for instance

          I’ve seen that fairly often, particularly around political protests, and I’ve never seen a CCTV camera in a public bathroom, locker room, etc.

          This tech is an inevitability and the potential legitimate uses are too valuable to ban it outright. But that doesn’t mean it should be treated exactly like a highly-visible camera or cell phone.