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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 140 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Issue 2: employees were able to manually find and view footage from smart glasses

Issue 1: meta exists

At least that’s where I’m at.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 81 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Issue 3: People are stupid enough to wear INTERNET CONNECTED GLASSES while having sex.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Makes you wonder what your phones sees / hears every day.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Probably a lot of post-nut clarity face

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Most likely the glasses were places on a nightstand or something. They mentioned this in another article. People would place the glasses somewhere thinking they are not recording and undress for example. They would also go into changing rooms while wearing glasses but that's understandable.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I doubt this is always or even often the case, though. Your glasses would have to be somehow pointed directly at you on your bed. Most people would fold them up and set them facing up or in a case.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 2 days ago

Fair but no one said the recording where some good quality porn with proper angles and everything. It's possible they just caught a glimpse of someone having sex.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unless someone deliberately set them up in a good spot from which to record the sexual encounter.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah could be either consensual or non-consensual, too. Some creep recording their sexual exploits without informing the partner.

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Perhaps they didn't wear them, the user thought the glasses were off and not recording.

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[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That was my thought. Who the hell wears glasses while they fuck? I mean, did they WANT to record it?

I can't imagine being all nekkid and shit, shaggin someone and wearing those fucking moronic glasses. Those stupid things are a leading cause of vaginal dryness.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

What's more surprising is people are getting laid wearing those big ass dork frames

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 6 points 3 days ago

I would assume they were placed on a bedside table pointed in the general direction of the fucking.

But still.

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[–] tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

destroy the surveillance plague now.

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 77 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Meta contractors were tasked with viewing peoples glasses video, where the wearers did not appear to know they were being recorded. "For quality purposes". Including using the bathroom. So everytime a glasses user goes to the bathroom, a kenyan could be watching? Every time they enter their online banking credentials, a kenyan could be noting them down? Good god.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

Obviously not. That contractor is blown. On to Myanmar!

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 2 points 3 days ago

Oh no, not a kenyan :0

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 64 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I don’t understand why the outsourcing firm was punished. As far as I can tell, a thousand people are losing their jobs for no reason. This wasn’t their fault, and I don’t see what problem is being solved here. It makes absolutely no sense.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 79 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Meta punishing whistleblowers for doing what Meta hired them to do.

“We hired them to watch everything, and are shocked outraged to hear that includes intimate videos of our users.”

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 13 points 3 days ago

Ah. I didn’t realize that Meta considered them “whistleblowers”. It’s still a shitty thing to do, but shitty is what corporations excel at.

[–] courval@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

It's not difficult to understand really. These underpaid slaves failed their task by having morals and complaining too much so they're off to find other slaves that keep quiet..

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

These concerns were first reported in February 2026, when journalists in Sweden and Kenya spoke to Sama employees. Workers said they had seen videos that appeared to show people in private situations, and in some cases, they believed users may not have realised they were being recorded at the time.

Talking to the media is a big problem.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

How dare someone see sex

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 64 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Can we please not use the International Business Times? I promise I'll have a prebaked explanation someday, but until then, here's the Ars Technica article this sewage drain of an outlet is using as its lone source.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 49 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Is it just me or is Lemmy being flooded with bottom of the barrel journalism? This is an issue in so many communities that I‘m starting to think it‘s just a few people with multiple accounts pushing an agenda of slop. And people eat it up almost every time.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

It’s not just Lemmy. The whole world is being flooded by ever increasing quantities of shit, and filtering through it efficiently is decreasingly easy.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

pushing an agenda of slop

I tend to assume "don't know better, and moderative action for gatekeeping quality on Lemmy is sparse and delayed". Sometimes we just get Reddit's backwash because that's what's easiest, and Redditors are not discerning either.

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[–] courval@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Take the god damn glasses off!

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago

Probably intentional, they wanted pov video

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

google glasses 2.0 basically. anything that allows almost private use of the internet in public places without anyone able to see what you are browsing always lead to porn/sexual activities.

[–] Tiger_Man_@szmer.info 4 points 2 days ago

the private way to use internet is vpns, https, dns over https, decentralized services and not a security camera on your head

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Ban Ray-Bans, maybe. 😏

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)
[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Came here for this.

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[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

If I'm not casing a casino, I don't need spy glasses.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Must be durable glasses at least.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

This one is the joke I was looking for :)

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I would have thought they would have needed something bigger to have sex on

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