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@Crispius@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Anyone wearing one of these things should be required to display a warning sign.

“Bee makes a $49.99 Fitbit-like device that listens in on your conversations while using AI to transcribe everything that you and the people around you say, allowing it to generate personalized summaries of your days, reminders, and suggestions from within the Bee app.”

#AI#Privacy#SurveillanceCapitalism

https://www.theverge.com/news/711621/amazon-bee-ai-wearable-acquisition
Kate Bowles
@kate@aus.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
@Crispius @blogdiva

Tech journos testing this in their busy privileged lives really need to be thinking about the future pairing of this fun vibey gadget with carceral surveillance. And especially juvenile surveillance.

This is the bad future at an impulse buy price point—consumer testing is being recruited at this price, but the future use is very very bleak.