> ...videos recorded by Meta smart glasses were being sent to offshore Meta workers in Kenya for data labeling used to train AI models. These videos included disturbing clips and intimate moments including bathroom footage of users who likely did not realize that their recordings were being viewed by third-parties.
Meta can't resist an opportunity to spy on its users
>Meta can't resist an opportunity to spy on its user
People put meta cameras on their faces and go to the bathroom without take them out. Are they children? Are they poor souls without agency on their own? Are they retarded? By now everyone know what Meta does, if you choose to use their products and being spied on, it's on you.
I don't really get why it's a free pass for you though. Some things should go without saying. Like being able to expose yourself in the most private area of your home for one of the more vulnerable moments you have. Why is "meta don't do this" such a non starter when it's this egregious?
You just shouldn't have to defend yourself to this level in a civilized country.
>I don't really get why it's a free pass for you though
It doesn't. But I can't for the life of me understand why people keeps trusting Meta, why they keep making Zuckerberg rich and more powerful. He's been doing this for almost 20 years already, nobody can say they didn't know what Meta does. Ok, I get that they couldn't give a shit about privacy, but the consequences of a more invasive and powerful Meta are suffered by the entire world. To me that's stupid, selfish, shortsighted. It's like if you keep going to a restaurant where they served you a literal turd once, then claim it was an oopsie and just keep doing it. Sure in a civilized country they would be out of business and thrown in jail, but still... why the fuck should you keep going there?!!
Bugs happen, but when the public acceptance of a product hinges on public trust, and the public already doesn’t trust you… these things can’t happen.
As it stands, I don’t think Zuck could ever rebuild the trust needed for me to accept these products. Every time this happens, the can gets kicked even further down the road.
I saw his interview with Joanna Stern where he talked about wanting to build trust, and the encryption in WhatsApp, and how different platforms have different assumptions on sharing and trust. But as long as Facebook has the business model Facebook has, I don’t see how Meta can also be the trust company. Things need to drastically change.
The fact that Meta is pushing this is just going to poison the whole product in a huge number of people's minds. I don't think there's any chance that Zuck or Meta are going to regain enough trust to avoid that. (Whatsapp being a good example: despite being far more verifiably private and trustable as a product than the glasses it's still tainted by who owns it now).
> ...videos recorded by Meta smart glasses were being sent to offshore Meta workers in Kenya for data labeling used to train AI models. These videos included disturbing clips and intimate moments including bathroom footage of users who likely did not realize that their recordings were being viewed by third-parties.
Meta can't resist an opportunity to spy on its users
>Meta can't resist an opportunity to spy on its user
People put meta cameras on their faces and go to the bathroom without take them out. Are they children? Are they poor souls without agency on their own? Are they retarded? By now everyone know what Meta does, if you choose to use their products and being spied on, it's on you.
I don't really get why it's a free pass for you though. Some things should go without saying. Like being able to expose yourself in the most private area of your home for one of the more vulnerable moments you have. Why is "meta don't do this" such a non starter when it's this egregious?
You just shouldn't have to defend yourself to this level in a civilized country.
>I don't really get why it's a free pass for you though
It doesn't. But I can't for the life of me understand why people keeps trusting Meta, why they keep making Zuckerberg rich and more powerful. He's been doing this for almost 20 years already, nobody can say they didn't know what Meta does. Ok, I get that they couldn't give a shit about privacy, but the consequences of a more invasive and powerful Meta are suffered by the entire world. To me that's stupid, selfish, shortsighted. It's like if you keep going to a restaurant where they served you a literal turd once, then claim it was an oopsie and just keep doing it. Sure in a civilized country they would be out of business and thrown in jail, but still... why the fuck should you keep going there?!!
>People put meta cameras on their faces and go to the bathroom without take them out. Are they children?
None of your business. Nor Meta's.
>Are they poor souls without agency on their own?
None of your business. Nor Meta's.
>Are they retarded?
None of your business. Nor Meta's.
>By now everyone know what Meta does, if you choose to use their products and being spied on, it's on you.
Everyone on HN perhaps. If you think that of the general public, you vastly overestimate the average human.
Bugs happen, but when the public acceptance of a product hinges on public trust, and the public already doesn’t trust you… these things can’t happen.
As it stands, I don’t think Zuck could ever rebuild the trust needed for me to accept these products. Every time this happens, the can gets kicked even further down the road.
I saw his interview with Joanna Stern where he talked about wanting to build trust, and the encryption in WhatsApp, and how different platforms have different assumptions on sharing and trust. But as long as Facebook has the business model Facebook has, I don’t see how Meta can also be the trust company. Things need to drastically change.
The fact that Meta is pushing this is just going to poison the whole product in a huge number of people's minds. I don't think there's any chance that Zuck or Meta are going to regain enough trust to avoid that. (Whatsapp being a good example: despite being far more verifiably private and trustable as a product than the glasses it's still tainted by who owns it now).
"criminal confirms they commited another crime"
what a shocking and totally unpredictable result
what creeps are actually buying these things
Problem glasses doing problematic things.