I can think of a million good reasons for being able to record interactions at your fingertips. With so many instances of police brutality and harassment, it’s helpful to have evidence. But there’s one issue: When others don’t know you’re recording, the lines of privacy get immensely blurred. When one woman at a Florida airport learned her privacy was breached by a pair of Meta AI glasses, you can’t help but agree the tech creates more problems than it solves.
TikToker LowBritt5—Britt—shared a video of herself from someone else’s POV, except this wasn’t some fancy social media content. Instead, it was footage a man had recorded of her while they were both at Tampa Airport in Florida. Before then, Britt had been minding her own, and to catch her attention, he waves his foot.
At first, it seems like harmless small talk, like where they’re headed and where they’re from. He tells her that he likes her style and this gets a smile out of her. The problem is, Britt didn’t know their entire interaction was being recorded through his glasses. How she found out raises one too many alarms (and makes me want to take a shower).
Britt woke up to a message from her brother, who found the video posted on this guy’s Instagram. It’s so disturbing to be recorded in a casual conversation and unknowingly end up in a social media post. And this isn’t the first time some creep was using Ray-Ban’s Meta AI Glasses. People are already worried about being recorded with everyone having smartphones these days. You don’t even have to worry about doing anything wrong!
“I hate meta glasses so much. Some videos seem wholesome but once I realize it’s meta glasses I flag it as ‘not interested’ because those people have no regard for consent or privacy,” one person argued. And those wholesome videos can still be made, quite easily, with just a smartphone.
“Black Mirror has become our reality unfortunately,” another quipped. It is incredibly dystopian. If somebody decides to purchase these glasses, they should do so while understanding basic human decency. But for some people, there’s a satisfaction out of invading someone else’s privacy.
