Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
  • Maroon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    2 months ago

    How do you even protect yourself and your kids from this? Maybe I can mask up, but I can’t expect my partner or her kids to do the same.

      • queueBenSis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        are the prices from Capable a joke? who thefuck pays $6-700 for a pair of joggers or sweater. privacy wear should be affordable, not a luxury. it’s the wealthy class that’s making this a problem in the first place

    • CannonFodder@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      2 months ago

      There are already cameras everywhere. As you walk down the street you’re probably on and average of 3 ring cameras at any time. Cars have cameras, stores have lots of cameras (the fake ones you see, and the real hidden ones). There have been pen cameras and tie clip cameras for decades. Glasses cameras aren’t really a big step.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      The networking effect in action.

      If you’ve got a dedicated group of friends on a platform and you can’t figure out how to move them all at once, you’re unlikely to socially isolate yourself just because they ratchet up the enshittification another rung.

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Yeah.

        At the same time, I think people don’t really understand how toxic Facebook is. It’s a physical health hazard for one relative of mine, a mental one for some others. I’m not exaggerating when I say it would be better for their health if they drank and smoked cigarettes.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Plenty of people do both.

          I don’t think Facebook, strictly speaking, is the problem though. In my experience, it’s the social isolation and poor quality of care that is all too common among Americans young and old alike.

          Facebook is a lampry on the neck of a dying man.