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Meta Furious Over Bombshell Smart Glasses Revelation (tech.yahoo.com)

submitted 1 day ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 90 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Recognized faces will trigger notifications, while the rest are cropped, indexed, and saved to a folder marked “pending.”

When people tell you who they are, believe them! Delete Facebook/Instagram.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Zuckerberg: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard

Zuckerberg: Just ask

Zuckerberg: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS

[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?

Zuckerberg: People just submitted it.

Zuckerberg: I don't know why.

Zuckerberg: They "trust me"

Zuckerberg: Dumb fucks

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hello, i am a Nigerian prince and i have a vast sum of money that i need to move, but i need your banking info to complete the transaction. For your help, you will receive 10,000 monies. Please hurry before this great opportunity is passed.

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Oh! Mr prince, I apologize for not answering your email earlier, how can I send you my banking info?

[–] leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, yes, I agree - don't use them - but this is less an issue of stopping using Meta and more about worrying about who around you is. With this tech, you don't need to be a Meta user, you'll still be captured, stored, tracked and sold.

[–] Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

more about worrying about who around you is

There are apps to inform you of people around you wearing these creepy things. One is called "Nearby Glasses"

[–] therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Delete Facebook/Instagram.

This is actually a terrible idea - which I unfortunately used to ascribe to. Turns out that now all communications regarding the town I live in only happens through Facebook and WhatsApp - so when we get extended water and electricity cuts, guess who gets to be left out of the loop?

All the "clever" people who deleted Facebook and WhatsApp - that's who.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like you need to talk to your city

[–] therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago

Yeah... I'm sure they'll stop dismantling what's left of our public infrastructure because I told them to. It's not like austerity is government policy over here or anything.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 19 hours ago

Guess I don't need to know then.

I've never even been to the Facebook website. It's been blocked on all my systems for a decade.