Adam Maguire

They could ask that person to leave.

Meta does have guidelines around these glasses, for example, asking people, you know, make it clear when you're recording, don't record in private spaces like changing rooms or toilets.

But it's really kind of putting the onus on the user to be sound about it.

I couldn't see anything where they said, you know, you'd have your smart glasses disabled if you realised you're breaking this.

And it's kind of encouraging you to do so.

And I should say, we're talking about the meta Ray-Bans because they're one of the most obvious examples.

There are other smart glasses out there from different companies.

Those AI pins have cameras built in as well.

So multiple types of wearables create this kind of issue.

Even Apple is reportedly working on a new pair of earbuds that will have cameras built in, although it's not sure if that's a camera to see things or if it's like infrared to keep track of your blood oxygen and your pulse and so on.

But again, these things are being added with these sensors more and more, you know.

Yeah, this is something people probably don't think about too much because even if you're being careful about what you're recording in terms of other people, you know, you shouldn't assume that what you do record is going to just sit on your phone until you or unless you decide to share it with the world because it's not.

When it's recorded, it goes to the cloud, it goes to a data centre or multiple data centres.

And there's a good chance that someone somewhere in the world will actually look at that.

There's a case that came to light recently of a Kenyan company that Meta had outsourced some moderation functions to.

Employees complained about some of the content they were required to sift through as part of their job.

And it included videos of users where they or their partner were recorded naked or they were using the toilet or they were in the middle of some other intimate acts.

And even if the people involved were fully aware they were being recorded and consented, they probably didn't realise they were consenting to somebody on the other side of the world sitting and watching that down the line.

Meta does say it has systems to anonymise these videos before they go to moderators, like blurring faces.

The workers, though, say that it doesn't always work and often they can see these people's identity.