Dave Lee

Meta Is Wrong to Try to Sneak Into Privacy Intrusion

Executives will probably also argue that limits to the technology can reduce the possibility of abuse. Don’t believe them. One idea being discussed, according to the Times, is that the glasses might recognize only people you are connected with, something that seems vaguely pointless — don’t you know who your friends are? The second, that it would work only on people with a public profile on Facebook or Instagram, is a safety disaster: What women might wish to disclose publicly to an online audience is vastly different from what they may wish to share with a man sitting opposite them on a bus.

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