Meta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on nonconsensual recording
Meta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on nonconsensual recording
Meta 通过限制未经同意的录制功能，让其 AI 眼镜看起来没那么“令人毛骨悚然”
Meta is rolling out an obvious fix to make its AI glasses less creepy amid backlash over the glasses’ non-consensual recordings that have flooded the Internet. On Friday, The Verge reported that Meta closed a loophole that made it easy for smart glasses users to cover up an LED light that is supposed to alert bystanders that the device is actively recording. 面对互联网上充斥着关于其智能眼镜未经同意进行录制的强烈抵制，Meta 正在推出一项显而易见的修复措施，以减少其 AI 眼镜的“毛骨悚然”感。周五，《The Verge》报道称，Meta 堵住了一个漏洞，该漏洞曾让智能眼镜用户可以轻易遮挡住 LED 指示灯——而该指示灯本应提醒旁人设备正在录制。
Meta had previously deactivated recording if a user attempted to start capturing video after placing a sticker over the light, but people quickly learned that they could get around that by reversing the order of the steps and covering up the light after they started recording. In a post on Threads, Meta’s executive vice president of wearables, Alex Himel, explained that an update would be rolled out soon that ensures that “the camera will now stop working if the light is covered during a recording.” 此前，如果用户在贴上贴纸遮住指示灯后尝试开始录制视频，Meta 会自动停用录制功能。但人们很快发现，只要颠倒操作顺序——即先开始录制再遮住指示灯——就能绕过这一限制。Meta 可穿戴设备执行副总裁 Alex Himel 在 Threads 上发帖解释称，即将推出的更新将确保“如果在录制过程中指示灯被遮挡，摄像头将停止工作”。
That way “the capture LED can reliably alert bystanders when photos or videos are being captured for someone’s gallery,” Himel said. According to Himel, “only a tiny minority of people try to get around these protections, and the fact they have to go to these lengths shows our efforts are working. We’ll keep improving and evolving our approach.” Himel 表示，这样一来，“当有人在拍摄照片或视频时，拍摄指示灯就能可靠地提醒旁人”。据 Himel 称，“只有极少数人试图绕过这些保护措施，而他们必须费尽心思才能做到这一点，这恰恰说明我们的努力是有效的。我们将继续改进和演进我们的方案。”
However, bad actors may still be able to modify the glasses or tamper with the light without affecting recordings. And it’s unclear if popular bypasses, like using semi-transparent stickers that make the light less noticeable, would block recording under Meta’s new safeguard. 然而，不法分子仍可能通过改装眼镜或破坏指示灯来绕过限制，且不影响录制。此外，目前尚不清楚像使用半透明贴纸让指示灯变得不显眼这类常用手段，在 Meta 的新保护机制下是否仍能绕过录制限制。
Data regulators in the European Union are currently probing privacy concerns with Meta’s glasses and have suggested that Meta may not have properly field-tested the LED light to ensure that the public would understand its safety functionality. Germany is considering banning the glasses after a nonprofit filed a criminal complaint alleging that they breach Germany’s strict privacy laws, Politico reported. 欧盟的数据监管机构目前正在调查 Meta 眼镜引发的隐私问题，并指出 Meta 可能并未对 LED 指示灯进行充分的实地测试，以确保公众能理解其安全功能。据《Politico》报道，在一家非营利组织提起刑事诉讼，指控该眼镜违反了德国严格的隐私法后，德国正考虑禁止使用此类眼镜。
And Germany is not alone, as many countries in the EU mull a crackdown on the technology, which they see as invasive and carrying a risk of expanding mass surveillance. Another Politico report confirmed that the European Data Protection Board will release a report later this summer to decide what actions should be taken to ensure no one in the EU is recorded without their consent. 德国并非个例，许多欧盟国家也在考虑对这项技术采取打击措施，因为他们认为该技术具有侵入性，并存在扩大群体监控的风险。《Politico》的另一篇报道证实，欧洲数据保护委员会将于今年夏末发布一份报告，以决定采取何种行动，确保欧盟境内无人会在未经同意的情况下被录制。
Meanwhile, there’s a proposed nationwide class action lawsuit advancing in the US that accuses Meta of continually lying about privacy risks in the marketing of its AI glasses. Meta has yet to file a response in that litigation, but in its statements and marketing campaigns, the tech giant continues to insist the glasses are designed with privacy in mind. 与此同时，美国正在推进一项全国性的集体诉讼，指控 Meta 在其 AI 眼镜的营销中持续就隐私风险撒谎。Meta 尚未对该诉讼做出回应，但在其声明和营销活动中，这家科技巨头仍坚称其眼镜的设计充分考虑了隐私因素。
Privacy risks remain, users say
用户称：隐私风险依然存在
In addition to the tweak to block some smart glasses users from bypassing the only safeguard that helps prevent nonconsensual recording, Meta also launched a new marketing campaign to spread awareness about the LED light feature, The Verge reported. In Los Angeles, for example, there’s a billboard that shows an image of a smiling girl wearing Meta glasses, with her fingers placed to draw attention to the recording light that shines as brightly as her grin. 据《The Verge》报道，除了调整措施以阻止用户绕过防止未经同意录制的唯一保障外，Meta 还发起了一项新的营销活动，以提高公众对 LED 指示灯功能的认知。例如，在洛杉矶的一块广告牌上，展示了一位戴着 Meta 眼镜的女孩的微笑照片，她的手指指向正在发光的录制指示灯，灯光与她的笑容一样明亮。
The caption reads, “The camera lets you capture the moment. The light lets everyone around you know when you do.” “Designed for everyone,” the billboard says. “Not just the people wearing them.” 广告语写道：“摄像头让你捕捉瞬间，指示灯让周围的人知道你在拍摄。”广告牌上还写着：“为所有人设计，不仅仅是为了佩戴者。”
Whether that messaging is going to drive it home to people breezing past the billboard that Meta glasses may be recording you if you see a light on, the EU suspects that we don’t really know. However, people who bought into the privacy promises and are now suing Meta for false advertising have warned that Meta has long been pushing this messaging, claiming in prior ads that Meta AI Glasses are “Built for your privacy and others’ too.” 欧盟怀疑，这种宣传信息是否真的能让匆匆路过广告牌的人意识到“看到灯亮就意味着可能正在被录制”。然而，那些曾相信隐私承诺、如今正以虚假广告为由起诉 Meta 的用户警告称，Meta 长期以来一直在推行这种宣传，并在之前的广告中声称 Meta AI 眼镜是“为你的隐私以及他人的隐私而打造”。
But “in reality, users of Meta AI Glasses cannot control what happens to their data, or the data they capture of the people around them,” the users alleged. Although the class action complaint is not explicitly focused on nonconsensual recording, the complaint alleged that its core claims reveal another layer of the issue that many members of the public likely don’t understand from the marketing campaigns. 但原告指控称：“实际上，Meta AI 眼镜的用户无法控制他们的数据，也无法控制他们所拍摄的周围人的数据。”尽管该集体诉讼并未明确针对未经同意的录制，但诉状称，其核心主张揭示了公众可能无法从营销活动中了解到的另一层问题。
The lawsuit challenges Meta’s advertising claims that glasses users control data, saying this is “false” and alleging that Meta does not inform users that human data annotators in Kenya review all footage captured by the glasses, allegedly in order to train Meta AI. That reportedly includes watching “deeply personal” videos, including those depicting sexual activity or bathroom visits, as well as sensitive content, like credit card information or private text messages. 该诉讼质疑 Meta 关于“眼镜用户可以控制数据”的广告宣传，称其为“虚假”陈述，并指控 Meta 未告知用户：位于肯尼亚的人工数据标注员会审查眼镜拍摄的所有视频，据称是为了训练 Meta AI。据报道，这包括观看“极其私密”的视频，如涉及性行为或上厕所的画面，以及信用卡信息或私人短信等敏感内容。
As one example of how this ropes in unwitting people who aren’t aware of the privacy risks of nearby glasses, the complaint cited one video where a user set down his Meta glasses on his nightstand, which then captured video of his wife undressing. “The video was sent to people halfway around the world to view and annotate in order to train AI—all without the woman’s knowledge that the video of her had been captured in the first place,” the lawsuit said. 作为该问题如何波及那些不了解附近眼镜隐私风险的无辜者的一个例子，诉状引用了一段视频：一名用户将 Meta 眼镜放在床头柜上，结果拍摄到了他妻子更衣的视频。“这段视频被发送到地球另一端，供人查看和标注以训练 AI——而这位女性根本不知道自己被拍摄了，”诉状写道。
Users suing are hoping to force Meta to pay out damages, including potentially punitive damages, to every person in the US who bought smart glasses under the allegedly false premise that Meta cared about user privacy. “Despite their actual knowledge of the human review pipeline and the inherent safety and privacy risks associated with such sharing of data, Defendants have continued to market the Glasses using the same ‘designed for privacy’ representations,” the lawsuit said. 起诉的用户希望迫使 Meta 向每一位在“Meta 关心用户隐私”这一所谓虚假前提下购买智能眼镜的美国用户支付赔偿金，包括潜在的惩罚性赔偿。诉状称：“尽管被告实际上了解人工审查流程以及此类数据共享所带来的固有安全和隐私风险，但他们仍继续使用相同的‘为隐私而设计’的陈述来营销这些眼镜。”
They’ve also asked the court to force Meta to change its messaging. That would include blocking Meta from continuing to advertise glasses as privacy-protecting, which users alleged would ensure that Meta’s future customers aren’t exposed to “unreasonable risks of dign[ity].” 他们还要求法院强制 Meta 更改其宣传信息。这包括禁止 Meta 继续将眼镜宣传为具有隐私保护功能，原告称这将确保 Meta 未来的客户不会面临“不合理的尊严风险”。