Story about low priced Anko branded competitor to Meta smart glasses. The story author calls out that despite Meta’s attempts to prevent recording if the LED is covered, it is easy to get around the block. I think it’s good for mainstream press to say it, so more ppl realize. They also call out that human moderators at Meta review their smart glasses footage. Inc videos of people having sex or using the toilet.
IDK if public backlash will nix the market for these, or if opposition will dry up and in 10 more years they will be mainstream tech like smartphones are today. I could see it going either way TBH.
It scares me that one of those timelines leads to a hellscape worse than the one we already have.
The backlash isn’t as powerful as the drive to monetize another accessory and the hundreds of billions of dollars to make it happen.
Without any kind of privacy laws making this kind of thing illegal, every company would want that kind of mass data and will gladly give you the glasses in order to take it from you.
Yah you’re prob right. I always wish ppl just wouldn’t buy these, or rings, or w/e. So co’s would learn that it’s a guaranteed financial loss, to bring them to market.
But I know that’s a pipe dream. Sigh.
Capitalism over humanity, every time. No exceptions, no matter how “exceptional” you believe your country is.