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.
  • DandomRude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    18 days ago

    So Meta wants its own army of unsuspecting spies?

    I can’t for the life of me imagine that this is legal. Maybe in the U.S., since the legal system there is so completely broken, but in Europe, the mass surveillance of millions of people by a private company seems likely to be a criminal offense.

  • magnue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    18 days ago

    Anyone can strap a camera to their face and run facial recognition. The crux of the problem is still that the cameras are hidden.

    We quickly need new laws around filming in public.

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      18 days ago

      Maybe just start a rumor (as if this hasn’t happened) that people are wearing glasses around kids in swimsuits to train kiddie AI models.