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A class-action lawsuit alleges Meta's smart glasses collected images without permission to build a facial recognition system. Police departments have also expressed fear the glasses could be used to secretly record them.
A class-action lawsuit alleges that Meta's smart glasses collected images without permission to train a facial recognition system. The glasses captured photos, often without users knowing they were being recorded, and Meta used those images to build facial recognition technology. Police departments have also expressed concerns that the glasses could be used for covert recording and surveillance.
This is different from Meta's typical data collection because it's embedded in a physical product people wear. A smartphone app can be audited or uninstalled; glasses are something people wear around others. The lawsuit centers on the unauthorized collection phase—Meta built a facial recognition database from images taken without consent. The police concern adds another layer: if civilians are wearing recording glasses, law enforcement faces new operational risks. The case will likely hinge on whether Meta's terms of service disclosed the facial recognition training, and whether "training a system" counts as a use consumers reasonably would have expected from smart glasses.
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