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2mo ago

ACLU-Led Coalition Urges Meta to Drop Facial Recognition for Smart Glasses

Advocates warn that discreet eyewear with face scans would enable nonconsensual identification in public.

Un conjunto de 75 organizaciones en defensa de los derechos y la privacidad de los consumidores han escrito una carta conjunta para solicitar que Meta suspenda “de inmediato” sus planes de implementar funciones de reconocimiento facial en sus anteojos Ray-Ban y Oakley, incluida la función ‘Name Tag’.
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Overview

  • A coalition of 75 civil-rights and privacy groups sent Meta a letter urging it to abandon plans to add facial recognition to Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses.
  • The groups say the feature would let wearers identify strangers by name in places like protests, medical clinics, and stores, exposing people to harassment and doxxing.
  • The letter argues the risks would fall hardest on people of color, women, children, immigrants, religious minorities, and LGBTQ+ people.
  • The coalition also asked Meta to disclose any conversations with U.S. federal agencies about possible uses of the glasses by government officials.
  • Meta said it does not offer such a product and would proceed carefully if it ever did, as reports describe a system called Name Tag that could match faces either to a user’s contacts or to public social-media profiles.