Hundreds of women were reportedly filmed with Meta smart glasses, prompting Hans Anders to halt sales in two countries. Read what privacy concerns reveal

Another win for privacy <3

    • ivan@piefed.socialEnglish
      31·
      10 hours ago

      There are few legitimate use cases for smart glasses with cameras tho - it’s very helpful for visually impaired people. Really sad too see such things overshadowed by sea of perverts.

      • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 hours ago

        Seriously. I’m working as a substitute teacher right now. It would be amazing if I could pop on a pair of smart glasses and have some limited augmented reality capabilities. I would love to look across a classroom and see the names of all the students floating about their head. Maybe with some key notes (like IEP restrictions, notes from the teacher, etc.)

        But I’ve never seen this actually implemented by any of the companies pushing these.

        • ivan@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          2 hours ago

          I mean, those are a thing that can describe one’s surroundings and objects around them or assist in handling certain objects. And for people with impaired hearing - subtitles for what people around say can be displayed.

          These are life changing technologies for some disabled people, but alas - we’ve got the least privacy-concerned company to spearhead the progress in this regard.

          • EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.appEnglish
            1·
            1 hour ago

            Well, on the bright side, that sounds like something that could be preserved into a device that makes it a lot more obvious when it’s working, or without the recording features at all. And hopefully we get stuff like that and soon!