"Despite the billions of reasons not to, Meta seems to have created the capacity to turn their customers into a distributed surveillance machine."
  • reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net
    35·
    13 hours ago

    Recognized faces will trigger notifications, while the rest are cropped, indexed, and saved to a folder marked “pending.”

    When people tell you who they are, believe them! Delete Facebook/Instagram.

    • therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      31·
      3 hours ago

      Delete Facebook/Instagram.

      This is actually a terrible idea - which I unfortunately used to ascribe to. Turns out that now all communications regarding the town I live in only happens through Facebook and WhatsApp - so when we get extended water and electricity cuts, guess who gets to be left out of the loop?

      All the “clever” people who deleted Facebook and WhatsApp - that’s who.

    • Leraje@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      5 hours ago

      I mean, yes, I agree - don’t use them - but this is less an issue of stopping using Meta and more about worrying about who around you is. With this tech, you don’t need to be a Meta user, you’ll still be captured, stored, tracked and sold.

      • Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org
        2·
        4 hours ago

        more about worrying about who around you is

        There are apps to inform you of people around you wearing these creepy things. One is called “Nearby Glasses”

    • zqwzzle@lemmy.caEnglish
      22·
      12 hours ago

      Zuckerberg: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard

      Zuckerberg: Just ask

      Zuckerberg: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS

      [Redacted Friend’s Name]: What? How’d you manage that one?

      Zuckerberg: People just submitted it.

      Zuckerberg: I don’t know why.

      Zuckerberg: They “trust me”

      Zuckerberg: Dumb fucks

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      10·
      13 hours ago

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