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Meta Workers Say They're Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users' Smart Glasses
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AceBonobo lemmy.world AceBonobo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#52 · Quote Reply

If you tolerate this, your children will be next. Is a Manic Street Preachers song.

They'll be next and they won't know any better

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mrnobody reddthat.com mrnobody@reddthat.com
Joined: 2026-01-08
#53 · Quote Reply

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There are other similar ones that have more awareness, but one was focused around New Orleans as there was an incident. I didn't hear about it. Another is taking about banning at beaches which also make sense so voyeurism isn't so creepy and make people feel awkward

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melsaskca lemmy.ca melsaskca@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-09
#54 · Quote Reply

'I have nothing to hide." /s

Except for the first part of that quote. /s

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moot lemmy.world moot@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-08
#55 · Quote Reply

being sent to offshore contractors for data labeling, a widely-used preprocessing step in training new AI models in which human contractors are asked to review and annotate footage. From another article I read about this, seems like it involves a lot of drawing precise boxes around people and objects, stuff like that. Terminators gotta learn their sex moves from somewhere.

In a certain nihilistic dreadful sense it's hilarious how these AI advancements are built on the backs of exploitative manual labor. On the surface the AI models are so utterly impressive at how "smart" and advanced the tech appears to be, but the truth of it is just slave labor building a catalog of labeled data sourced from mass surveillance. The aliens should really intervene soon, before we build something that can threaten them...

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LemmyKnowsBest lemmy.world LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-11
#56 · Quote Reply

Oh man! A friend just sent me this earlier today, I completely forgot to sign, but seeing this reminded me! Sharing the love. https://c.org/BVqdM4SGS2

FOUR signatures?! Wow, I have never seen so few signatures on a causeworthy well-written petition before 🫨

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bahcodad lemmy.ml bahcodad@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-01
#57 · Quote Reply

Well that's what you get for spying on people. Duh

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peanuts4life lemmy.blahaj.zone peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-06-12
#58 · Quote Reply

my dude

😂 girl, I'm not a cop!

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FatVegan leminal.space FatVegan@leminal.space
Joined: 2025-11-05
#59 · Quote Reply

I remember when cool tech gadgets were cool and not undisguised spy tools.

It's almost absurd at this point, but i used to be really into gadgets and tech and shit. Now everything i see is like: that's a spy tool. That's showing ads. That is an ad. That is just a lie.

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Hemingways_Shotgun lemmy.ca Adderbox76@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-07
#60 · Quote Reply

Kathryn Bigelow's most under-rated film is almost upon us....just 30 years later than we thought.

Also...if you haven't seen that movie...go watch it. It's low-key one of her best.

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mrnobody reddthat.com mrnobody@reddthat.com
Joined: 2026-01-08
#61 · Quote Reply

FOUR signatures?! Wow, I have never seen so few signatures on a causeworthy well-written petition before 🫨

Well, yeah, neither of us are on social media. I need to text a few circles of friends but 5 signatures means it'll get more promotion out there.

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altphoto lemmy.today altphoto@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-04-14
#62 · Quote Reply

Yet another surveilance tool marketed as a cool tech gadget.

They wouldn't! Not a penis camera right? Thry wouldn't!

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Creepo lemmy.world Creepo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-01-25
#63 · Quote Reply

God I wish they'd stop putting cameras in these and just make a nice pair of prescription glasses with good integrated headphones, a heads of display, and some basic touch controls on the stem. I would genuinely enjoy this for easy listening and maps.

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JoeMontayna lemmy.ml JoeMontayna@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-11-25
#64 · Quote Reply

It really doesn't matter if facial recognition is enabled or not today, it can always be done later on. This is a huge invasion of privacy.

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JoeMontayna lemmy.ml JoeMontayna@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-11-25
#65 · Quote Reply

It's almost absurd at this point, but i used to be really into gadgets and tech and shit. Now everything i see is like: that's a spy tool. That's showing ads. That is an ad. That is just a lie.

Same. At most I got 15 years left and I doubt I will ever see this changing in my lifetime.

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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
#66 · Quote Reply

Yet another surveilance tool marketed as a cool tech gadget.

How is this cool in any way.

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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
#67 · Quote Reply

Orwell got it wrong with the wall mounted screens - 'they' want us to wear the screens. What was that album title? 'If you accept this,your kids are next., ' Can't remember which band

Orwell also got it wrong not predicting people would not want to turn of their telescreens

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Random Dent lemmy.ml CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-01
#68 · Quote Reply

It really doesn't matter if facial recognition is enabled or not today, it can always be done later on. This is a huge invasion of privacy.

I don't think even George Orwell could have predicted that one day they'd put the cameras inside glasses, it would be common knowledge that they're in there and the they're spying on you and everyone you look at, and people would still voluntarily buy them with their own money and wear them around.

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Random Dent lemmy.ml CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-01
#69 · Quote Reply

Kathryn Bigelow's most under-rated film is almost upon us....just 30 years later than we thought. Also...if you haven't seen that movie...go watch it. It's low-key one of her best.

I know this is off-topic, but Kathryn Bigelow is just an under-rated director in general I think. So many bangers. Also from a quick search I just found out she had a new movie out last year that stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson and Jared Harris? Somehow I missed that entirely.

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ulterno programming.dev ulterno@programming.dev
Joined: 2024-11-12
#70 · Quote Reply

Well that's what you get for spying on people. Duh

Meta learning what the meme-CIA agents had been subjected to for years.

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ulterno programming.dev ulterno@programming.dev
Joined: 2024-11-12
#71 · Quote Reply

They wouldn't! Not a penis camera right? Thry wouldn't!

Oh they would!
And then make it mandatory for everyone with a penis.
For child protection, you know.

Just noticed Child Protection.

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peanuts4life lemmy.blahaj.zone peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-06-12
#72 · Quote Reply

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Where did you get this picture of me 😅😅😅

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ChanchoManco lemmy.zip ChanchoManco@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-06
#73 · Quote Reply

So you're telling me that the creepy motherfuckers who would wear something like this around in public do creepy things? Never would have guessed that. 🤔

Also why is Meta watching that footage?

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JasonDJ lemmy.zip JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-01-16
#74 · Quote Reply

Frankly humanity does not need this invention one bit. It may have legitmately sounded interesting and futuristic to some people a decade ago, but with the way tech companies are trending this type of tech will become an absolute surveillance and privacy nightmare. I mean it aleady is really, but it will get so so much worse. Regulate and legislate these into oblivion. At the very least tech co...

Genies out of the bottle now man.

Look forward to an arms race and eventually a cold war. This is our generations nuke.

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Vupware lemmy.zip Vupware@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-08
#75 · Quote Reply

How is this cool in any way.

The future is now, old man!

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sp3ctr4l lemmy.dbzer0.com sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-04-10
#76 · Quote Reply

Frankly humanity does not need this invention one bit. Yah. Unfortunately, we've got it though. :( :( :( People I know, some friends, they are completely oblivious to how much it will surveillance them. Or how much Meta already does, in other ways. "I don't care, I'm not doing anything wrong". Constant surveillance erodes a society. It erodes democracy.

Half Life 2:

C1: This is how it always starts. First a building, then the whole block.

C2: They have no reason to come to our place.

C1: Don't worry, they'll find one.

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rockandsock lemmy.world rockandsock@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-13
#77 · Quote Reply

Also why is Meta watching that footage?

I'm pretty sure they monitor everything on all of their platforms, I don't know if they have to for legal reasons or just choose to.

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ChanchoManco lemmy.zip ChanchoManco@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-06
#78 · Quote Reply

I'm pretty sure they monitor everything on all of their platforms, I don't know if they have to for legal reasons or just choose to.

Yeah, sorry I just read the article and found the answer, they tag the videos to train their AI.

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lessthanluigi lemmy.sdf.org lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2024-11-08
#79 · Quote Reply

I don't think even George Orwell could have predicted that one day they'd put the cameras inside glasses, it would be common knowledge that they're in there and the they're spying on you and everyone you look at, and people would still voluntarily buy them with their own money and wear them around.

Just wait until they have brainwave scanners on the sides

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FalschgeldFurkan lemmy.world FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-10-09
#80 · Quote Reply

Frankly humanity does not need this invention one bit. It may have legitmately sounded interesting and futuristic to some people a decade ago, but with the way tech companies are trending this type of tech will become an absolute surveillance and privacy nightmare. I mean it aleady is really, but it will get so so much worse. Regulate and legislate these into oblivion. At the very least tech co...

Would've been great tech if they didn't place fucking cameras into it

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Gammelfisch lemmy.world Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-05
#81 · (edited) Quote Reply

Definitely not a Sony Walkman, which was cool and the foam headphones were comfortable to wear. I miss the simple analog days.

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tracyspcy lemmy.ml tracyspcy@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2021-01-10
#82 · Quote Reply

What a surprise

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geneva_convenience lemmy.ml geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-01-25
#83 · Quote Reply

Le facebook product is... le spying?

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chicken lemmy.dbzer0.com chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-30
#84 · Quote Reply

Oof imaging being employed to do captchas all day.

I actually did data labeling work on amazon mturk for a while, it does kind of suck, the main saving grace was I could largely do it on my own schedule but I assume these people don't really get that benefit.

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knee lemmy.ml knee@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-03-04
#85 · Quote Reply

Orwell also got it wrong not predicting people would not want to turn of their telescreens

Absolutely. IIRC, the option of turning them off was only available to very high ranking members and even then only for relatively short periods of time.

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ki9 lemmy.gf4.pw ki9@lemmy.gf4.pw
Joined: 2025-01-09
#86 · Quote Reply

I don't think even George Orwell could have predicted that one day they'd put the cameras inside glasses, it would be common knowledge that they're in there and the they're spying on you and everyone you look at, and people would still voluntarily buy them with their own money and wear them around.

In soviet russia, glasses see you!

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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
#87 · Quote Reply

Absolutely. IIRC, the option of turning them off was only available to very high ranking members and even then only for relatively short periods of time.

Now we have Boomers with Fox on 24/7.

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MycelialMass lemmy.world MycelialMass@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
#88 · Quote Reply

Frankly humanity does not need this invention one bit. Yah. Unfortunately, we've got it though. :( :( :( People I know, some friends, they are completely oblivious to how much it will surveillance them. Or how much Meta already does, in other ways. "I don't care, I'm not doing anything wrong". Constant surveillance erodes a society. It erodes democracy.

Get a webcam and place it prominently in their house, when askes tell them they have nothing to hide so youd like to watch. Bonus points for putting in the bedroom or bathroom.

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Lor mander.xyz Lor@mander.xyz
Joined: 2026-01-17
#89 · Quote Reply

Wow, what an admission. Peeping META?

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HulkSmashBurgers reddthat.com HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-07-03
#90 · Quote Reply

Kathryn Bigelow's most under-rated film is almost upon us....just 30 years later than we thought. Also...if you haven't seen that movie...go watch it. It's low-key one of her best.

Great 90s cyberpunk movie. Way better than Johnny Mnemonic and Judge Dread.

Also starred the smokin' hot Angela Basset as a bonus.

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HulkSmashBurgers reddthat.com HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-07-03
#91 · Quote Reply

I know this is off-topic, but Kathryn Bigelow is just an under-rated director in general I think. So many bangers. Also from a quick search I just found out she had a new movie out last year that stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson and Jared Harris? Somehow I missed that entirely.

Oh! In addition too Strange Days she directed the OG Point Break and The Hurt Locker! All great movies!

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ᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ lemmy.dbzer0.com MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-01-31
#92 · Quote Reply

Now we have Boomers with Fox on 24/7.

Been had that

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Psyhackological lemmy.ml Psyhackological@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-02-11
#93 · Quote Reply

Why and who's buying those?

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