"With Meta's new range of smart glasses, Mark Zuckerberg is pitching a vision of the future that sci-fi authors have been warning about for decades - one where privacy is truly dead, and everyone is recording everyone else at all times. This in itself is nothing new. Introduced at the company's recent Meta Connect event, the glasses represent the tech industry's second major attempt at normalizing ubiquitous wearable surveillance devices, more than a decade after Google's failed entry into the space with Google Glass."
"The new devices have major brand partnerships and are far less conspicuous than previous iterations. Tiny cameras are located on either the nose bridge or the outer rim of the glasses frames, and a small pulsing LED serves as the only hint that the device is recording."
Meta released a new range of smart glasses that push ubiquitous wearable surveillance and pervasive recording. The devices mark a second major industry attempt to normalize always-on wearable cameras following Google Glass. The glasses pair sleeker design and brand partnerships with tiny cameras on the nose bridge or frame rim and a small pulsing LED as the only recording indicator. The Meta Ray-Ban Display includes a built-in display, a voice-controlled "Live AI" feature, and a gesture-controlled wristband that can livestream surroundings to company servers. Photos show CBP and ICE agents using the glasses during immigration raids in major US cities, underscoring privacy and enforcement concerns.
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