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Tech Companies Are Trying to Shift the Entire Concept of Privacy (Again) (www.eff.org)
submitted 12 hours ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ca
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Privacy, which companies were once happy to claim was all about personal choice, is now primed to affect everyone around you even more than it already did. Meta and Google’s smart glasses can record anything the owner is looking at or use artificial intelligence to describe it. Apple’s* Audio Intelligence feature turns every Apple Watch into a transcription machine that records or summarizes your day. Amazon’s Bee devices take that a step further and can record and transcribe everything. Dozens of other...

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[–] 25 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

Dozens of other companies are introducing pendants, rings, and other products designed to record, transcribe, or summarize everything we say and do all day long

There was a Black Mirror episode about implants which could record full-time. Needless to say, if you’re familiar with the show, it didn’t turn out well.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 hours ago

    As someone with ADHD, the concept of it - having essentially a second brain that helps you remember, prioritise information, work your calendar, todo list, reminders, etc. - is great.

    The core issue is that companies think they can turn this into another data source while making you pay for it.

    Precisely due to this, I'm working on a project that does away with the corporate control and allows one to use these products (for now focused on a handful of major brands and DIY solutions using more polished ESP32 based devices from e.g. Waveshare) without the corporate cloud: running either locally on your phone (AI processing somewhat limited), or on a self-hosted cloud with connectors for AI models and services.

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    • [–] 14 points 11 hours ago

    "You don't need privacy. Nothing to hide, nothing to fear!" -- My Reaganist family, about 1981

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    [–] 7 points 10 hours ago

    🤮

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    [–] 4 points 10 hours ago

    Some people don't care, some people try to fight it (you get broken down in the long run and they make you feel like you are the problem)..

    They need more and more data to feed shareholders .. It will get much worse before it becomes bette (hopefully one day). Now they want you ID, face, identification when spy cameras and spy glasses are ready for prime time.. Poor Apple it's voice only but have a lot of faces tho.

    You can't blame companies for lying when we are a liars too now.. How many time you clicked on you I understood, I have read and accept... Without even reading.. (It's not you the problem, it's the system)

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    [–] 3 points 1 hour ago

    The problem is much older than wearables. I can de-Google all I want, but my doctor uses Gmail.

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    [–] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    Why isn't this account marked as a bot?

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