Meta confirms smart glasses were recording without being activated

greenchair 42 points 4 comments October 16, 2026
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spacecadet404

> ...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

idiotsecant

what a shocking and totally unpredictable result

al_borland

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.

exabrial

what creeps are actually buying these things

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