Geek Day: Demoing Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses
Em :official_verified:
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404 Media reports that a $60 modification that disables the recording light in Meta's RayBan smart glasses, meaning recordings can be made surreptitiously where the subjects being recorded do not know they are being recorded. The mod is being promoted via YouTude Ads.
Comments from a Meta RayBan glasses "user" >> "They are kinda cool, but they're useless, I do not really use them".
Check out the Podcast (first 15 mins) here: https://open.spotify.com/show/0F3oY47l2XgoBMaAmIaw29 #Meta #SmartGlasses #RayBan #404Media #Surveillance #Privacy #Creepy
404 Media reports that a $60 modification that disables the recording light in Meta's RayBan smart glasses, meaning recordings can be made surreptitiously where the subjects being recorded do not know they are being recorded. The mod is being promoted via YouTude Ads.
Comments from a Meta RayBan glasses "user" >> "They are kinda cool, but they're useless, I do not really use them".
Check out the Podcast (first 15 mins) here: https://open.spotify.com/show/0F3oY47l2XgoBMaAmIaw29 #Meta #SmartGlasses #RayBan #404Media #Surveillance #Privacy #Creepy
Essentially every time we write about abuse of Meta's Ray-Ban AI glasses, Meta tries to convince us the glasses are no different from an iPhone. Here's a helpful guide for Meta PR about the difference between AI glasses and phones 😊
Let’s start a 'smash-the-face' challenge to fix the malfunctioning brain cell that makes people buy these glasses.
Em :official_verified:
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#BayArea University Issues Warning Over Man Using #MetaAIGlasses On Campus - Slashdot
The University of #SanFrancisco issued a campuswide alert after reports of a man using #Meta Ray-Ban #AI glasses to film students while making "unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions." Although no violence has been reported, officials said he may be uploading footage to #TikTok and #Instagram
#privacy #metaglasses #rayban #usf
Em :official_verified:
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#Meta's #RayBan Glasses Users Film and Harass Massage Parlor Workers
https://www.404media.co/metas-ray-ban-glasses-users-film-and-harass-massage-parlor-workers/
#Meta's #RayBan Glasses Users Film and Harass Massage Parlor Workers
https://www.404media.co/metas-ray-ban-glasses-users-film-and-harass-massage-parlor-workers/
Chip Butty
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Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses Users Film and Harass #MassageParlor Workers
#meta #rayban #privacy
https://www.404media.co/metas-ray-ban-glasses-users-film-and-harass-massage-parlor-workers/
Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses Users Film and Harass #MassageParlor Workers
#meta #rayban #privacy
https://www.404media.co/metas-ray-ban-glasses-users-film-and-harass-massage-parlor-workers/
Djoerd Hiemstra 🍉
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To anyone with questions about Meta's Ray-Ban glasses and how this is problematic for privacy and consent, I highly recommend reading this excellent article from Janus Rose at The Verge:
"“One way to think about it is protecting your community and the people you care about,” said Gilliard. “When you’re wearing these glasses, when you use your video doorbell, when you record everyone’s conversations, you’re not just surveilling yourself. And there’s no consistent and foolproof way to guarantee that information won’t be used against people you care about — to hurt trans and queer people, or hurt immigrant communities. I wish people would think about it in those terms instead of ‘did my package get delivered.’”
https://www.theverge.com/tech/807834/meta-smart-glasses-privacy-laws-wearables
I see so many people (mostly men, this isn't random) talking about how Meta's Ray-Ban glasses are "incredible" or "still not ready" yet, I don't see anyone calling it what it is:
Voyeurism.
This technology will increase voyeurism and stalking aggressions in unacceptable ways. These glasses are a voyeur's dream weapon. Also a doxxer's and stalker's dream weapon.
Why are our laws and cultures not protecting us against this?
To anyone with questions about Meta's Ray-Ban glasses and how this is problematic for privacy and consent, I highly recommend reading this excellent article from Janus Rose at The Verge:
"“One way to think about it is protecting your community and the people you care about,” said Gilliard. “When you’re wearing these glasses, when you use your video doorbell, when you record everyone’s conversations, you’re not just surveilling yourself. And there’s no consistent and foolproof way to guarantee that information won’t be used against people you care about — to hurt trans and queer people, or hurt immigrant communities. I wish people would think about it in those terms instead of ‘did my package get delivered.’”
https://www.theverge.com/tech/807834/meta-smart-glasses-privacy-laws-wearables
Jess Mahler
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I see so many people (mostly men, this isn't random) talking about how Meta's Ray-Ban glasses are "incredible" or "still not ready" yet, I don't see anyone calling it what it is:
Voyeurism.
This technology will increase voyeurism and stalking aggressions in unacceptable ways. These glasses are a voyeur's dream weapon. Also a doxxer's and stalker's dream weapon.
Why are our laws and cultures not protecting us against this?
#BayArea University Issues Warning Over Man Using #MetaAIGlasses On Campus - Slashdot
The University of #SanFrancisco issued a campuswide alert after reports of a man using #Meta Ray-Ban #AI glasses to film students while making "unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions." Although no violence has been reported, officials said he may be uploading footage to #TikTok and #Instagram
#privacy #metaglasses #rayban #usf
Josh Davis
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# Using Ray-Ban Meta Glasses
I think that I saw my first pair of these glasses this weekend, but honestly not sure.
This blogpost about them, by @tink, is well worth reading.
I see so many people (mostly men, this isn't random) talking about how Meta's Ray-Ban glasses are "incredible" or "still not ready" yet, I don't see anyone calling it what it is:
Voyeurism.
This technology will increase voyeurism and stalking aggressions in unacceptable ways. These glasses are a voyeur's dream weapon. Also a doxxer's and stalker's dream weapon.
Why are our laws and cultures not protecting us against this?