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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 139 points 1 week 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 82 points 1 week ago (7 children)

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

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

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

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Probably a lot of post-nut clarity face

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

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

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I mean ... You think all of these people just happened to set their glasses down on a nightstand and just happened to be point at them while going at it?

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 8 points 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 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.

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[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 6 points 1 week 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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[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 77 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago

Oh no, not a kenyan :0

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 48 points 1 week 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 16 points 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They know better because they have been told again and again. But they only keep multiplying by the looks of it. Lack of moderation or direction probably is a huge factor I believe.

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 64 points 1 week 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 78 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

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[–] tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

destroy the surveillance plague now.

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

Take the god damn glasses off!

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

Probably intentional, they wanted pov video

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Ban Ray-Bans, maybe. 😏

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)
[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Came here for this.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

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

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

How dare someone see sex

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Must be durable glasses at least.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

This one is the joke I was looking for :)

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago
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