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FollowingWhy are Meta's smart glasses called "abnormal glasses"
Meta is developing a smart glasses equipped with artificial intelligence to replace smartphones. However, this device is increasingly being dubbed "perverted glasses" on the Internet-to be honest, this is not groundless.
Although Meta incorporated privacy protection features when designing glasses, critics continue to issue warnings about how the device is used and the transparency of data processing.
The beginning and end of the incident
In January this year, a BBC investigation found that women were secretly photographed in public by people wearing Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. These videos were uploaded to TikTok without their consent, attracting hundreds of thousands of views and comments. The BBC also found an account that had posted more than 100 similar videos.
In February this year, a joint investigation by several Swedish newspapers found that a Nairobi contractor hired by Meta to train its AI reviewed material taken by Meta's smart glasses, including people's use of toilets, undressing, dressing, credit card numbers and intimate behaviors, which once again triggered concerns about how image data could be shared with Meta's AI.
In March this year, Meta faced a class-action lawsuit alleging that it failed to explicitly inform users that human contractors might view content shared with Meta AI. In the same month, Democratic Senators Edward Markey, Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden questioned the company's announced facial recognition program, warning that the technology could enable real-time identification, tracking and harassment.
In April, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and 75 other organizations urged Meta to abandon plans to include facial recognition in subsequent versions of glasses, saying it was a "red line that society must never cross." The alliance warned that the technology could allow wearers to identify strangers in public and associate them with personal information.
In May this year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into Meta's smart glasses, worried that the device might secretly record others, collect facial data, and mislead consumers about the use of personal information.
In July this year, Meta updated its Ray-Ban smart glasses after users discovered a way to bypass the recording alert light, which is used to alert others that the camera is in use. The update allows the camera to automatically turn off once it detects that the warning light has been tampered with, as part of an effort to curb covert recording.
However, this update failed to quell the wave of protests. In the same month, online and rights groups in New York, London, Washington and other places launched a publicity campaign to address the privacy impact of the device.
At the end of July this year, Scottish police launched an investigation into TikTok user Scott Magrison, accusing him of using Meta smart glasses to secretly photograph others. In order to protect the safety of participants, Comic-Con organizers Monopoly Events and DEF CON have banned the device from entering their event sites due to privacy concerns.
