I think he's talking about the switch on the glasses. On Sat, May 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM janet gross <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Ryan, > > > > Even though you turn off the glasses the camera is still on as long as > you still have the Hey Meta the activation phrase. > > So I guess the glasses aren’t really off. > > > > Kindly, > > > > Janet. > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of > *Ryan Mann > *Sent:* Friday, May 2, 2025 7:10 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Meta Is Turning Its Ray-Bans Into a Surveillance Machine . > > > > The Meta Glasses can be turned off when you don't want to use them. I only > turn mine on when I want to use the AI to describe something. Otherwise, I > have them off and just use them as sun glasses. > > Ryan Mann > > Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist > > [email protected] > > 386-383-5175 > > > > > > On May 1, 2025, at 8:25 PM, janet gross <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > Someone sent me this message and I would like to share it with you all, or > maybe I should say with those who are interested or who have the Meta Ray > Ban Glasses. > > I think all people who use the Meta Ray Ban Glasses should know this. > > > > I copied and pasted it below, and the original link to the article is > below the article. > > > > > > Meta Is Turning Its Ray-Bans Into a Surveillance Machine for AI > > Meta AI is now always watching. > > By AJ Dellinger > > Published April 30, 2025 | > > Mark Zuckerberg wearing Meta Ray-Bans © Photo: Meta > > What you see is what Meta AI sees while wearing the Ray-Ban Meta smart > glasses, and your opt-out options are getting narrower and narrower. In a > recent update to the privacy policy for the device, received by most owners > in an email sent April 29, according to The Verge, Meta opened up the > ability to collect more data for use to train its artificial intelligence > models. > > > > Under the new policies, Meta explains that “Meta AI with camera use is > always enabled on your glasses unless you turn off ‘Hey Meta,’” the > activation phrase used to communicate with the company’s AI assistant. Wake > words or phrases like this are common for AI devices, with the trade-off > being that they are technically always on and waiting to be activated. > > > > Having the assistant always waiting to hear you give it a task removes > some of the friction to functionality, but it also opens up the > uncomfortable reality that these devices may be collecting information even > when you aren’t thinking about it. In this case, if you keep the “Hey Meta” > feature active, Meta can potentially use images it captures through the > lens of the built-in camera if they touch Meta servers. Meta says the > camera is not always recording, so this only applies to photos or videos > the user captures with the device. > > > > Additionally, Meta’s latest update removes the ability for users to keep > their voice recordings from being stored on Meta’s servers. Instead, users > will have to manually delete every recording if they would like to cut off > Meta’s access before the recordings expire. “The option to disable voice > recordings storage is no longer available, but you can delete recordings > anytime in settings,” the company’s policy now reads. Per Meta’s voice > privacy notice, the company will store voice transcripts and audio > recordings “for up to one year to help improve Meta’s products.” Accidental > voice interactions are kept for 90 days. > > > > When reached by Gizmodo for comment, a spokesperson for Meta clarified > that photos and videos captured on Ray-Ban Meta not used by Meta for > training if stored on your personal camera roll. However, “If you share > those photos to a product—for example, Meta AI, cloud services or a > third-party product—then the policies of that product will apply.” > > > > The motivation for all of this is pretty clear: more data to feed the AI > machine. Meta just rolled out its live translation feature on the Ray-Ban > smartglasses that provide real-time translations between several supported > languages, including French, Italian, Spanish, and English. It also just > recently launched a standalone Meta AI app. It’s clear the company is > all-in on AI right now, and that means it needs all the data it can get to > keep fine-tuning things, especially after it got caught allegedly fudging > the numbers on benchmark tests. > > > > This is the inevitable direction that devices with mics and cameras > installed will go. At some point, the companies that make the devices will > decide that what they can capture is more valuable than any semblance of > privacy. They’ll flip the switch, and the glasses on your face or the > speaker in your home will turn into a surveillance device. > > > > Artificial intelligenceMETAmeta aiMeta Ray-Bans > > > > > > > > https://apple.news/AxaB4tROQRVuZVsw1L0D31A > > > > > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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