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I wore Meta AI glasses for a month — and even after struggling with privacy concerns, I'm still not convinced they're the future of wearables
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earthwormIn contrast, what made the targeted ads somewhat more troubling was the fact that tied in with the privacy footage revelations — where the glasses are recording to an extent even if they’re not — was the feeling that the glasses could see everything I saw. And that was a hard thing to shake.
Sure, most people on the internet are aware of search history, cookies, tracking, and personal data use being leveraged to promote products, ideas or suggested searches. But being confronted by targeted suggestions based on what you’re seeing immediately in front of you is a somewhat shocking wake-up call.
It’s baffling that tech journalists aren’t telling people to run screaming from devices like these.
ShellofbiomatterSo if I’m understanding it correctly. They are seeing ads literally in front of them all the time? Like those glasses are playing ads constantly?
No, but they’re getting ads on their other devices based on stuff they see that they happen to ask meta about, or upload videos of. There’s no HUD for it to serve ads to you on the glasses.
Fair, that’s understandable. Though whole new level of tracking.
We’re just speedrunning into this future: https://youtu.be/YJg02ivYzSs
MaestroI think that would be the next step, once they get enough idiots to hook onto that shit. For now, I believe, the ads are only on the platforms to which they’ve already hooked everyone. But I’m also an optimist, huh xD
FireWire400They’ve existed for how many years now? If they were “the future of wearables” I think we’d know by now
FriendOfDeSotoWhy “even?” Even after struggling with privacy concerns you don’t think they’re the future of wearables. Shouldn’t that be “because of?” Normally, privacy concerns aren’t a big plus point. I didn’t want to buy this hypothetical device but after learning all the data goes directly to an unencrypted database on an open server in the cloud, I was all in?
TL;Dr because of this dumb premise that is the first sentence:
As someone who is largely (if not always) inseparable from my iPhone’s camera, the desire to test out Meta’s elusive AI glasses was a natural next step.
If that’s your natural next step, your opinion doesn’t matter to me.
If this wasn’t clear before… People. Don’t. Care.
The majority of people do not give a shit that their 55” TV is subsidized from $1000 down to 300 or 400 because they are the the product. Or about phones and phone apps.
And go ask people if they even know about meta glasses. Most don’t.
The wording really doesn’t make sense. I interpreted that sentence as sloppy wording intending to mean “even if they didn’t have the privacy issues I’m not sure they’d be the future the future of wearables. "
queermunist she/herThey meant “even if we ignore privacy concerns” because most people already do.
CherryHer selfish and narcissistic desire be relevant by wearing the glasses to influence let’s me form an opinion on her.
What a self absorbed dick.
Scott 🇨🇦🏴☠️No one who has privacy concerns is going to wear these.
“Privacy concerns were rife from the start”. Really? The fact these are a Meta product didn’t inform you of this fact?
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All I want is glasses with a display that links to my watch.
Let my watch apps give me a small HUD.
I shouldn’t be able to wear the camera without wearing what is obviously a camera.
I don’t care if that limits augmented reality shots or whatever.
I just want a display, my eyes already work.
My use case specifically would be for exercise, let me see my pace and time and other notifications related to my workout app.