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Meta’s new AI creep glasses will record 24-7 without a light (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 22 hours ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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the continuing legacy of FaceMash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8YxiCqUz98&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260709-metas-new-ai-creep-glasses-to-record-24-7-without-a-light - podcast

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[–] LostWanderer@fedia.io 10 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Ugh, this company is totally fucking creepy! If only there were a way to disrupt these glasses using readily available electronics...

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 10 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

There's an Android app that will constantly scan for their Bluetooth signature in the background and alert you.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 7 points 19 hours ago

I have this app. I work with a douche who wears these (despite then being banned), and this app didn't pick them up.

[–] Penguincoder@beehaw.org 3 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

That must be a huge battery killer.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 5 points 19 hours ago

I have it installed on mine & haven't noticed any difference.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, if you have Bluetooth on your phone is already doing it.

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 points 4 hours ago

Basically this. The polling rate and client interrogation behavior can often be pushed to a far more aggressive stance than the usual defaults, but only in foreground mode on most mobile OSes.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

I just bought new glasses and got an IR-blocking lens coating that's supposed to thwart facial recognition from things like these and Flock cameras and whatnot. It's not active disruption via electronics, but it is a countermeasure...

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

They also make hats with IR LEDs that blind the cameras.

[–] LostWanderer@fedia.io 3 points 16 hours ago

Countermeasures are good, despite them not being active...It's important to disrupt these terrible techs whenever possible!