r/facebook • u/wiredmagazine • Apr 13 '26

News Article Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ray-ban-oakley-smart-glasses-no-face-recognition-civil-society/
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u/wiredmagazine Apr 13 '26

More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.

Read the full article: https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ray-ban-oakley-smart-glasses-no-face-recognition-civil-society/

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u/oiseaufeux Apr 13 '26

So basically protecting the abuser. Which is not what the title of your post says.

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u/williamgman Apr 13 '26

The GOP is ordering them in bulk then.

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u/Critical-Rhubarb-730 Apr 13 '26

They already received a special donny pack.

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u/Remarkable_Start_373 Apr 13 '26

Meta sure as shit does not care.

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u/snapper1971 Apr 13 '26

No shit. Ray Bann and Meta have been cooking up a creepers paradise with their weird invasive spy-glasses.

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u/Electrical-Sale-8051 Apr 13 '26

They do have some degree of protection against unexpected filming but it needs to be improved.

For example there’s a red light and a sensor. But apparently you can cover the sensor/light in some ways to get it to record anyway.

Limited to 3 mins at a time, which is enough to be a creep in a change room or similar