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Meta's Glasses Perfect the Art of Being Noticed by Senators
· New York time
US senators have asked Meta how it is addressing serious privacy risks associated with its AI glasses. Their questions put a familiar tension in wearable technology back on the table: features designed to make a device convenient for its owner can also raise questions for people nearby. Smart glasses can put cameras, microphones and an assistant into a form that looks much less conspicuous than a phone held in front of someone's face. That can make everyday use feel easier for the wearer. It can also leave bystanders wondering what a device is collecting and what safeguards apply. The senators' request asks Meta to explain its approach to those risks. It is a request for an account of the company's protections, not a finding that any particular wearer has misused a pair of glasses. The distinction matters for a product category that depends on fitting into ordinary public life. Meta's sales pitch benefits when the hardware fades into the background. Its privacy explanation has the opposite task: making the limits visible enough that other people can understand them. The company has built a device intended to keep users looking up. Now lawmakers would like it to look closely at who else is in the frame.
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