Brian Barrett

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2,845 appearances 28 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 4d ago

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Uncanny Valley | WIRED · Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine · 11 Jun 2026 podcast

So if the feature didn't exist and if it was absolutely dishonest, why then remove it?

It's sort of like if you have a jack-in-the-box, but you haven't wound the arm yet, saying the little guy inside does not exist.

I love your metaphors.

Thank you so much.

They are strained.

They are convoluted.

Yeah, yeah.

Meta's interest, like, there's an obvious interest for meta incorporating a feature like this.

You know, I think I've heard some meta people say, look, this is for accessibility.

A lot of people have, you know, vision problems or whatever other issues that this could potentially help with.

I'll buy that there's a use case there, but I think the issue is you can't really...

push it just for those people you know i mean you have to sort of push it to everybody

And the thing with face recognition glasses is you can't really opt out, right?

Like, you can't opt out of someone capturing your face and storing it on their glasses.

So chances are, if you're based in the U.S.

or at all an NBA fan, you've been following or at the very least aware of the NBA final series between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs.

Championships have been gathering a lot of attention lately as the Knicks celebrate their first championship appearance in 27 years.

Massive crowds of New Yorkers around the city have been gathering outdoors to watch the game and have packed the Knicks home arena, Madison Square Garden.

The Garden has long been an iconic venue for concerts and events, but believe it or not, it's also one of the most aggressive corporate surveillance operations in the country.

Earlier this year, Wired contributing editor Noah Schachtman and reporter Robert Silverman published an investigation into how MSG owner and NYX owner Jim Dolan has built an intricate system that surveils fans who attend the venue, from using facial recognition cameras that process 40 people per minute to compiling dossiers on transgender NYX fans.

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