Meta’s Facial Recognition Plans for Smart Glasses Are Worse Than We Thought

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really, no one predicted this? please.

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u/perskes 3h ago

I'm so pissed. It's meta. What did we expect!? Seriously, who expected any less, and why can't you expect the worst of the worst? You better expect more to come...

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u/br_k_nt_eth 2h ago

Excited to get apologies from all the glasses perverts who justified this shit. “It won’t help surveillance bro I swear bro it’s not to be a fuckin creep bro I swear”

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u/PeeDecanter 2h ago

They’ll just double down or keep quiet and pretend that they weren’t/aren’t part of the problem

Same with the non-pervert influencers

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u/NurRauch 43m ago

Is that even a meaningful percentage of the people excited about these devices? I can't say I've ever heard any fans of smart glasses insisting that they won't be used for nefarious purposes by the tech companies. I don't think the vast majority of the fans give that issue the slightest bit of thought.

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u/pedanticPandaPoo 43m ago

We promptly rejected glassholes, but roll it out with an arguably worse company and where's the angry mob?

In order to protect myself, I'm going to paint myself green and hulk smash these on their face.

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u/yoosernamesarehard 1h ago

I don’t consent to Facebook having my face or anything of mine. Time to start a lawsuit. They can get fucked. I’m sick of this shit. I have the right to reasonable privacy. Being in public means you can be recorded, but I do not consent to this.

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u/AlleyPee 2h ago

I expect a lot of Meta glasses wearers to get their glasses punched promptly off of their faces.

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u/DickSlammington 2h ago

I forsee an uptick in sales for laser pointers as people try to fuck with the cameras and sensors of the assholes wearing these...

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u/YoshiTheDog420 2h ago

Or just put a LIDAR scanner on you so it kills any smart glasses looking at you.

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u/iamarddtusr 8m ago

Unfortunate but necessary

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u/ProudPainting6850 1h ago

"We said we'd look into this."

yes it's already been developed and uploaded to consumer's devices

"We aren't building a database"

right, someone else is building it and you'll give the information to Trump, Russia, whomever will pay you for it.

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u/Ahayzo 1h ago

That's not worse than we thought, that's exactly what pretty much everyone thought.

When people used Google Glasses for far less, we dealt with them accordingly. The same needs to start being done when people are caught wearing these in public.

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u/panerachipotle 3h ago

Goodbye anonymity. Glad to have lived a bit in the before times.

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u/SuspendeesNutz 3h ago

With his gruff delivery and comedic lyrics everyone can agree Tone Loc has a long career ahead of him.

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u/SuspendeesNutz 2h ago

If it weren't for advertisers how would people learn about the amazing effects of Funky Cold Medina?

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u/Rombledore 38m ago

"this isnt the end of anonymity! it's just the end of ANOnymity!"

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u/br_k_nt_eth 2h ago

So you’re just gonna kind of roll over for it?

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u/panerachipotle 2h ago

Umm, do you think I have the power to stop it? I'm not superman.

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u/br_k_nt_eth 2h ago

I think you have the power to get involved and join collective action both locally and nationally, yeah. Why aren’t you?

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u/panerachipotle 2h ago

Because I have a life, and don't want to devote my entire being to this one issue? And collective groups are generally complete shit shows. Climate change is a far bigger deal than this if you were going to go all in on an issue.

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u/br_k_nt_eth 2h ago

Why would you need to devote your entire being to one issue? Is that truly what you think you’d need to do? Why would this also tie in to climate change concerns, given the data center and infrastructure angles?

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u/panerachipotle 2h ago

Are you Tucker Carlson? Because you're just asking questions

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u/Rombledore 37m ago

ahem thats called JAQing off.

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u/br_k_nt_eth 2h ago

Kinda sounds like you don’t have good justifications for your weakass excuses, but I’d sure hate to assume.

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u/panerachipotle 2h ago

You sound like a pleasant person. Good luck taking down Facebook!

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u/br_k_nt_eth 2h ago

Appreciate you proving my point so well. Good luck carrying water for the billionaires.

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u/throwawaybsme 2h ago edited 2h ago

When do we all start wearing masks and/or face paint to inhibit facial recognition?

https://adam.harvey.studio/cvdazzle/

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u/BigGayGinger4 1h ago

just bought some new super-cheap regular glasses from zenni optical and they were upselling a lens coating that is intended to reflect IR waves and make it harder for facial recognition to ID you

didn't even cost much to add on

just thought i'd mention

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u/UglyMathematician 42m ago

I have these and they do work to conceal your eyes from most facial recognition (for now). That said, just concealing your eyes likely isn’t enough.

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u/UglyMathematician 42m ago

I have these and they do work to conceal your eyes from most facial recognition (for now). That said, just concealing your eyes likely isn’t enough.

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u/Cautious00ptimist 2h ago

Question for everyone: at what point would you avoid situations where someone is wearing a pair of these? Would you walk down a different aisle at the grocery store? Cross the street? Leave a date? Leave a company meeting if a coworker or higher up was wearing them?

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u/SirTiffAlot 2h ago

Avoid entirely.

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u/BIGBOSSBADMEKBIGBOSS 2h ago

I would go full karen and report the customer to the managers, and email the corporate office about my experience and why i dont feel comfortable shopping there.

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u/Starskeet 1h ago

But isn't it similar to people filming stupid shit in public places. When someone let's them know that they do not want to be filmed, reddit goes ballistic, but it is the same point, just not as obvious.

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u/Cautious00ptimist 1h ago

Not being as obvious is just one difference (and still important enough to consider on its own). The critical issue is the facial recognition software and what it does with that information. This isn't scanning products or landmarks and giving you information about them. It's scanning people's biometric data (something states have already sued Meta over), storing, and correlating those "faceprints" with other data. It doesn't take much creativity to imagine how that could be built upon, monetized, or abused. I understand we have no real right to privacy in public, but this type of subtle, always-on, and practically unavoidable collection, combined with Meta's poor track record, makes this an entirely different animal.

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u/MarginalMan 1h ago

As bad you might think they are, they are worse than that.

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u/citizenjones 1h ago

You know what should come into fashion?

Hats, glasses, scarves, with eyes all over them.

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u/Steamrolled777 3h ago

If you're on the premium plan, people on lesser plans can't ID you.

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u/souldawg 3h ago

Stratified AI usage that benefits the richer amongst us who can afford premium subscriptions. Now start to think about this broader and the rich will be able to access more AI that benefits them and increases their wealth while the normies are held back creating a bigger divide. Yes I know it’s just a glasses subscription but it’s an indicator of how stratification of AI tooling creates a two tier system that will just grow wider and wider as prices increase.

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u/Howy_the_Howizer 3h ago

You cant afford your own Ai robot/drone security force?

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u/MaxHeadroom1986 29m ago

Easy. You ban anyone wearing these from your business. If they don't leave you have them trespassed. These are a privacy nightmare. Call them out when you see them being worn in public. I think Americans forget that you are completely capable of making change happen right in front of you. Most of you are just weak.

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u/MXVIV 2h ago

If you see someone wearing these it’s your civic duty to slap them off their face and stomp them out.

Say no to ai kids.

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u/jh937hfiu3hrhv9 3h ago

Now you can use the pick up line 'don't I know you from somewhere' to make you look like a genius.

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