"A New Privacy Minefield Meta's latest Ray-Ban-branded smart glasses bring science fiction into daily life: maps and texts hover in your lens, AI translates conversations in real time, and cameras/mics quietly capture your world. Most consumers don't realize these glasses accumulate troves of visual and audio data, not just about the wearer, but everyone nearby. Unlike a phone, smart glasses sit in plain sight, always ready to record, even when no one else consents."
"Privacy revelations reveal another layer: Data and audio snippets routinely upload to Meta's servers for AI analysis, and some features activate by default, even if consumers barely understand what's being collected or for how long. Those wearing the glasses, in effect, become puppets for tech-gathering the all-important data on which the algorithms and AI continue to learn, adapt, and evolve."
A visitor observed a fellow traveler secretly film the interior of an ancient shrine with smart glasses despite explicit no-camera rules. Ray-Ban-branded smart glasses provide overlays, real-time translation, and unobtrusive audio/video capture that collect detailed visual and audio data about wearers and bystanders. Many features upload snippets to Meta's servers for AI analysis and can activate by default, often without clear user understanding. Wearers effectively supply continuous training data to algorithms. Unlike institution-owned surveillance cameras, ubiquitous personal wearable cameras can make pervasive, continuous observation a social norm, amplifying privacy risks.
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