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.
I’ve heard those sorts of glasses can be handy if you’re visually impaired and, say, clothes shopping. You can ask the glasses “hey, do these items match?”
Still creepy in the wild, but there are some valid use cases.
to increase their independence? are you kidding me? then don’t be surprised when that so very important function to give clothing advice will suddenly become a subscription service with ever increasing fee! all the while still trampling on the privacy of everyone near you
I’ve heard those sorts of glasses can be handy if you’re visually impaired and, say, clothes shopping. You can ask the glasses “hey, do these items match?”
Still creepy in the wild, but there are some valid use cases.
edit to add examples:
You don’t need glasses for that, you could simply use an on-hand camera, maybe a special phone for those with vision problems
If they could make these glasses more privacy invading by making them useless for the visually impaired, they would.
those are some fucking priorities. a little fashion over human rights
Yes, and anyone that buys these glasses to increase their independence is a predator, like the parent poster says. /s
to increase their independence? are you kidding me? then don’t be surprised when that so very important function to give clothing advice will suddenly become a subscription service with ever increasing fee! all the while still trampling on the privacy of everyone near you