A short while back, a bombshell investigation revealed that the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses are spying on you, sending footage of your most intimate moments to workers in Kenya. To perhaps no one’s surprise, Meta has responded to the report by terminating its contract with the company in Kenya and letting over a thousand workers lose their jobs.
The Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses require you to accept a few terms and conditions and connect to the internet to access most of the features that are promised.
However, hidden within all of the privacy clauses are statements that say that your footage and usage habits might be subject to manual review from time to time. According to the workers who came forward, this was happening way too often.
The workers who spoke out about this misconduct revealed that they were tasked with training Meta’s AI models by reviewing user footage and identifying objects and actions.
Due to the frequency of the footage being sent to Kenya, these workers were often privy to intimate moments and sensitive data like banking details.
Meta was aware of this, alleged the workers. Hence, none of them were allowed to bring in phones or other electronic devices at work. Security cameras would monitor their every move to ensure compliance.
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