Smart Glasses: A New Way to Spy on You?

Meta, the company behind Facebook, is planning to add facial recognition to its smart glasses. This is not a surprise, but it is a concern. The company has been working on this for a year, even though it knows there are risks. Meta thinks people will be too busy with other things to notice or care. The smart glasses, like the Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta, could have this feature. But it's not clear if it will be in new glasses or added to the ones already out there. Meta says it's thinking about it and will be careful if it decides to go ahead. The company says the feature could help people who have trouble recognizing faces. But it seems like Meta wants more than that. It's working on making the glasses "super sensing. " This means the glasses could record all the time, not just when you tell them to. The data would go to an AI assistant to help with daily tasks.But there are big questions about privacy. The glasses could record without people knowing. Even if there's a light to show it's recording, someone could cover it up. This could lead to more surveillance. Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has been friendly with the government. The company has won big cases and knows how to play the game. It's not hard to imagine Meta sharing data from the glasses with the government. This isn't the first time Meta has tried facial recognition. It used to have it on Facebook, but stopped in 2021. But now, it's back with a new plan.