The most dystopian app ever made…

[@andzagorulko]

Years of not using social media is finally paying off.

[@JeanM77]

lies, you using it now

[@igorthelight]

@@JeanM77 KZbin only knows videos that you like and your email account - that's much less than Facebook, for example

[@kopek3105]

@@JeanM77 ?????????

[@netkv]

@@JeanM77 maybe he returned after years and this is first thing he seen

[@rayafk8502]

@@JeanM77they’re more talking about the social media where you post pictures of yourself.

[@kelogorn]

You forgot to mention one of the "funniest" details about this: Some of those opt-out links the devs mentioned require you to UPLOAD your picture and an I.D. card showing your face. If that isn't something straight out of a Black Mirror episode, then I don't know what is...

[@synchro-dentally1965]

I was looking for this comment

[@maxave7448]

"You can opt out of your entire personal data being collected, all you have to do is send us your entire personal data to be collected"

[@hungrymusicwolf]

@@maxave7448 "We won't abuse it, pinky promise!"

[@gregoryderpwrld111]

Yeah that’s something I’m always wary about with things like “aura” or “delete me” How do I know they’re not secretly selling my data again? How do I know they aren’t doing some underhanded stuff?

[@XavierGoncalves89]

Remember cambridge analytica? That's is certainly still going on, so...

[@remsee1608]

Finally I can approach my crush with a surefire way to win her over, by reciting her social security number

[@TFE6979]

Actually, 🤓, you already know your crush, just google it and you'll get the SSN info... This is more to approach that hottie in the middle of the street and ask her about her deceased chihuahua and that suspicious tweet she did 5 years ago

[@zoetje9817]

@@TFE6979 I feel like you missed the point buddy

[@TFE6979]

@@zoetje9817 Not really, it was more of a "🤓" type of comment... His "finally" implicates that this software is what makes it possible for him to know the SSN. But he probably knows the name of his crush, so her SSN is just a couple of shady websites away from him.

[@tHebUm18]

With knowledge like this, she basically works for you and should no doubt be willing to put in 40 hours/week to enrich your life for marginal benefit to hers!

[@g00rb4u]

Double your awesome first-impression by learning how to recite it backwards!

[@honaleri]

What's creeper is Meta having unrestricted access to everything you look at for the whole day.

[@Seriouslydave]

Someone will make a privacy version or software.

[@dubbyplays]

Then they will come inside your dreams as well

[@kompetenzbox]

@@dubbyplays Imagine seeing an ad in a dream

[@dubbyplays]

@@kompetenzbox I dream about the u-lego-Block god throwing a Hollow Purple to corporations turning them to apple logos with the income of 2024 Ubisoft

[@lasagnaboi-b1w]

Aw man

[@markshamp3699]

if some dude on the internet can make something like this with civilian technology, I wonder what the CIA and U.S military is capable of.

[@anonymes2884]

The same thing but with access to essentially _every_ database (right now the hit rate on public reverse face rec is _very_ variable - in real life I bet they couldn't identify about 50% of the people they tried it on - but that changes if you can _also_ access drivers licence records, criminal records, passport records etc. Y'know, like a government could :).

[@frzmolek]

There's a recent video from Astrum on that topic. Did not fact check it, but pretty scarty stuff indeed. At least for privacy.

[@shoopddawhooped]

StuxNet

[@dubbyplays]

They will know everything you do, everything you see or listen, whatever you do on your devices 24/7, they will analyze your comments or contents to get an estimate of your political views and mentality and they will be able to flag you as a normal sheep or as a danger (yellow/orange/red) for their government (especially if you're against dictatorship and you're in a 3rd world country). They know where you are 24/7 and can eliminate you if you're a problematic pawn to them.

[@alvinoid12]

I bet it's shittier & the only advantage they have is more access to more data.

[@im-luke]

New gen human interction: "Hi ... " * stares without a word for 15 sec * " ... John. "

[@freebreezy2k155]

@@apache937 bots are even taking the fun out of jokes online goddamn this sucks

[@theblinkingbrownie4654]

​@@freebreezy2k155based on their other comments, doesnt look like a bot. Dk if thats better or worse

[@stevenhe3462]

I usually do the silent staring before saying hi.

[@jakub.anderwald]

Connor

[@computerscience1101]

The guy infront of you is John Kramer 💀 After some days, "Hello glasses guy, I want to play a game"

[@nicolasfuchs3072]

this video would have been perfect for a sponsorship with one of those services that claim to delete your data from databrokers

[@wlockuz4467]

DeleteMe?

[@BB-848-VAC]

When are we gonna get rid of data brokers it's taking so long

[@D.von.N]

@@BB-848-VAC why? Just block ads and they will be out of business LOL

[@D.von.N]

Deleteme are scammers. They cannot remove your data from internet, only from a few data brokers that use your data for ads. Your data is on the dark web already and it keeps pouring there with every such hack of institutions that cannot delete your data. And Deleteme has no reach to the dark web. If you pay for it, you are being scammed and ripped off.

[@thiagobaldwin2700]

Yea and no, you don’t want to compromise your talking points with a sponsorship

[@xyq8gkgpqvwk2pbxmpoo15]

Fireship: "The most dystopian app ever made…" Fireship: "Luckily though, the app is not built for public consumption" Fireship: Anywho, here is how to build it... Thanks, I guess

[@hebozhe]

Cops everywhere just got new headgear. Don't point it at the cops, though. 40% of them are domestic abusers, and about three police officers are themselves arrested daily.

[@maxave7448]

To be fair, this isnt conceptually hard to make. A small team of competent programmers would have probably easily made this if they had the resources that meta has.

[@yjlom]

it's easy to make, it just took the idea. once the idea is out there, many people will come to the same conclusions independently so might as well make the recipe public, at least you're putting everyone on a level playing field plus those who want to do it will do it anyways, so might as well not be petty and save them some time

[@xyq8gkgpqvwk2pbxmpoo15]

@@yjlom @maxave7448 ​Yes, I agree, it is very easy to create. And that's the scary thing

[@jit_rs]

The app was made by a group of college students, not meta

[@A.D.I.D.A.S-916]

Yeah that’s the biggest invasion of privacy I think I’ve ever seen. Now if I’m walking and someone is staring me in my eye with a 1/4”thick pair of ray ban wayfarers we might have a problem

[@roguedoge2479]

“It’s too late. You’ve been scanned. They’re coming.” 😂

[@A.D.I.D.A.S-916]

@@roguedoge2479 Lmao right Really reminds me of Cyberpunk or Minority Report

[@redlofin]

If you ever posted pictures of your face online, you willingly gave up your privacy. So it can‘t really be an invasion

[@lorenzobuero7115]

This is fucking wild, a few months ago we were alarmed because microsoft might use recall to get people's info to sell ads. This is 100 times worse.

[@HolyApplebutter]

Tbf it was more than just that. The main worry was how easy it was to access those files stored by the service that may or may not hold sensitive information from the user. Us privacy-centered people were alarmed by the mere presence of Windows 11.

[@lorenzobuero7115]

@@HolyApplebutter the turmoil with recall was first because how spyware-like it was, then people discovered how easy it was to hack it.

[@HolyApplebutter]

@@lorenzobuero7115 Yeah, but I'd argue it was the security risk that made the normies actually care, and thus have so many people up in arms. Otherwise we'd see outrage on that scale *every* time there was such obvious spyware being pitched rather the usual "lol I don't care if they have my data."

[@CathrineMacNiel]

You know... Farming and living Off-Grid doesn't seem so scary anymore...

[@realracing3specter295]

i personally envy people who live off the grid, and completely disconnected (except for the basic supplies like electricity/water/medicine/pension). if they are not actively using internet, they are way safer than any modern human.

[@CathrineMacNiel]

@@realracing3specter295 living Off-Grid means though what you mostly excluded. No reliance on the grid for electricity (you can use solar panels for that), water (use rainwater or a water well). Medicine sure you kinda need that Pension? There is will be no pension/retirement for our generation

[@realracing3specter295]

@@CathrineMacNiel i do understand what off-grid actually means to its deeper context, but i deliberately added the clauses to keep connected to government and its schemes, such as water/power grid/some sort financial benefits from govt... for now i only wanted to show isolation from internet and mass media, and not actually becoming cave man for full isolated life.

[@darkshadow-og2ss]

@@realracing3specter295 Tell me yours secrets! I have no friends to share with. I promise!!

[@kabirkumar5815]

dream life tbh

[@floofybear]

"As AI gets better Zuckerberg appears more human" 💀💀 Something ain't right. Edit: No way I can get so many likes by just quoting a line from the video. 👀

[@igorthelight]

He said "Zuckerborg " ;-)

[@GSBarlev]

I suspect two things are going on here: 1. He has such absurd amounts of wealth that he can afford all the image consultants, fitness coaches, plastic surgery and makeup / prosthetics needed to make him look however he wants. 2. SBF completely ruined the whole game of "you can always trust the pasty nerd with no rizz"

[@igorthelight]

@@GSBarlev Interesting thoughts!

[@DJ-dh3oe]

@@GSBarlev it's just a haircut and new fit bro

[@GSBarlev]

@@DJ-dh3oe You're missing the point, though: he's been rocking the robot look for decades. Why suddenly go surfer boy chic?

[@JohnneyleeRollins]

go outside and touch grass in public they said

[@orksy2935]

It would be fun, they said...

[@RonDLite]

Your glasses will tell you what type of grass you touched and if it is legal in your state 😅

[@shoopddawhooped]

'People need to see other people', they said

[@RKroese]

​​@@shoopddawhoopedTurns out, in the age of AI... They certainly don't.

[@douglasbullet6456]

"Take a selfie" they said

[@noonecaresaboutgoogle3219]

I'm starting to think sending my DNA for sequencing by a private corporation will have some horrendous yet unknown consequences.

[@anonymes2884]

Nah, it'll be fine. You read the terms and conditions carefully right ? ...Right ?

[@noonecaresaboutgoogle3219]

@anonymes2884 Maybe finding out I'm 3% Berber wasn't worth incurring the unknown biological horrors in my future...

[@Lesrevesdhiver]

do people still send their dna off to some company just to find out their ancestry? I imagine those reports probably just tell people what they want to hear anyways.

[@shoopddawhooped]

@@Lesrevesdhiver 23&me was hacked, all that genetic data is going to be sold off to life-insurers so they can charge those people the maximum for the future cancers they are genetically predisposed to. They wont say it, but we know money talks.

[@jwyldeck]

doesnt matter. if u ever did a covid report ur fucked anyway.

[@qzbnyv]

3:57 did not look like a "best friends" type of cry+hug.

[@KatyaAbc575]

Best friends with benefits.

[@vonbryan01]

its also AI generated it seems the shoulder of the guy is a dead giveaway. haha.

[@MoeFarms]

That’s how I hug my best friend 🙂‍↔️

[@TheGreenTaco999]

that's how far the glasses can take you

[@janemf]

why do you hate bro love

[@BlazeKnight1_1]

Bro went from looking omnipotent being to looking like he surfs

[@Gregorius421]

probably received an upgrade

[@whateverimake9350]

He s actually been surfing for years

[@utkarsh1874]

he do be surfin doe

[@AnthemUnanthemed]

he surfs on his stolen beaches in hawaii

[@Jujitard69420]

Average jiu jitsu experience

[@SergeyBerengard]

Now the generation that grew up with Instagram and have zero social skills can use this to interpret a person's facial expressions. What a game changer! lol

[@omarjimenezromero3463]

as data analyst and a person with autism, this hurt me in a spiritual level having generations like that .-. even i know when people's face does not match with their tone and words .-.

[@XavierGoncalves89]

I'm imagining that this could be used to create a real time subtitle system like in cyberpunk 2077, sadly this will most definitely be used for targeted marketing

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

@@omarjimenezromero3463 I have autism and ngl having a system that alerts me “HEY, that thing you said seems to have affected their attitude, here are some solutions to diagnose the problem with what you just said” would be great. 😂

[@vodkaboy]

@@omarjimenezromero3463 people like to associate problems with identity

[@EMan-1920]

​@@XavierGoncalves89as long as the Blackwall doesn't become a thing anyway.

[@AwesomeDwarves]

I'm glad we don't have a social credit score in the U.S. that affects our ability to get jobs, housing, or transportation. We just have a regular credit score for that :)

[@Pathogen7]

The social credit score thing is a myth, it was rolled out in a couple of jurisdictions and then higher-ups told them to stop. Just regular old anti-China FUD.

[@justamaggot5870]

Your normal credit score can prevent you from getting a job? But anyway, I feel like I should mention, the concept of a social credit score is a million times worse. Especially since it includes simply criticizing the government or any of these systems.

[@CatgirlExplise6039]

@@justamaggot5870 Who fuckin cares, if people had the courage to do something against these corporate entities, they´d have done so long ago. Reap what you sow, I guess

[@seer775]

@@justamaggot5870 there are a set of tweets you could make that would get you fired easily.

[@sebsebski2829]

@@justamaggot5870 I like that the same dystopian Chinese technology is used in the west, but by private companies and corporation. 10/10

[@alro4660]

i hate when people say, i dont care i have nothing to hide i got bigger problems. But this ignorance is the fuel for evil and they dont know the endgame. Fools

[@alaxt.6215]

This has always been possible but the reason it wasn’t mainstream was because of the complexity of the tasks. So we’re either a society that’ll welcome this with open arms or we need to regulate the PISS out of social media.

[@ParadoxTheBox]

I still find it wild that people went from being privacy focused online (usernames not being real names, no personal pictures, etc), to just... putting it all out there. How did they not *know* this will happen? If someone in the past can relentlessly comb through all your personal information to find out who you are and where you live, of course computers will be able to automate and do it en mass in the future.

[@Pyritie]

it turns out this information is profitable and then marketing did the rest

[@ahundredeggs]

the average people works under the guise of "why would they care about my details"

[@apache937]

@@ahundredeggs yes. and in a way it's true, until it isn't. anyone can have your data, like shown here

[@honaleri]

As a kid, I never put pictures of myself anywhere, and actively lied about my name, birthday, and other info, online all the time for this exact reason. Years of paranoia have finally paid off.

[@NineSun001]

Normies entered the net. Like with all hobbies, it went big and became shit. If you have a hobby and you like it, GATEKEEP THE HELL OUT OF IT. The more people do you hobby, the worse it gets. This is a law of nature.

[@HeadsetHistorian]

I'm glad you're pointing out the app behind the controversy. I feel like people are being distracted by the glasses form factor and not focusing on the real issue that is facial detection and public databases of personal info.

[@maxave7448]

Yeah, its basically a smartphone with a preinstalled stalking app that also happens to hide the fact that you could be actively stalking someone.

[@ASavageEye]

The app in question was never supposed to be released to the public. Its creators made it and then showcased it purely to prove that it can be done, in the hopes that governments will pass laws to prevent apps like it becoming available to the public. Of course if they could do it then so can others. Hopefully people in authority took notice.

[@DuckieMcduck]

@@ASavageEye Technically it's not the app much less the glasses fault. You can theoretically do all this already with a smartphone.

[@jonygamingengusa1660]

the glasses are still cner though

[@ASavageEye]

@@DuckieMcduck True, but that is far more involved and people will notice if you walk up to them and wave your phone in their face. I am not blaming the glasses in any way here, just the App. An App that can pull that much data about a person without them knowing is dangerous.

[@mattmccarthymusic]

My doppelgänger is so screwed

[@N0Xa880iUL]

😂

[@StarStew]

you need more likes 🤣🤣

[@joostfloot5279]

I once looked up my face on pimeyes, it's surreal to see people who look a lot like me.

[@gn6691]

😂😂

[@meinbherpieg4723]

2:08 those eyebrows raising during "relatives names" says it all. Dystopia here we come.

[@cocolove9916]

Yep. People are doom scrolling now this💀

[@jaf7979]

Will never understand why the minimalist monocular design of Google Glass was deemed "ugly", while huge chunky Wayfarer frames aren't. Maybe my aesthetic taste has been too influenced by sci-fi, but have been confused for the last 10 years since Glass

[@anmolt3840051]

It's because you can't hide that you are wearing a Google glass, whereas chunky frames could just be a personal aesthetic choice

[@Soitisisit]

A personal aesthetic that we have already been conditioned to accept.

[@clray123]

Truth is both designs are fugly.

[@happiness7808]

It freaked people out, because it was so obvious that you were filming them. People would get angry Imagine trying to talk to someone who held their phone up in your face the entire time These are more subtle

[@clray123]

@@happiness7808 Imagine someone discovering you were "more subtly" filming them... Good luck!

[@avi12]

0:56 It's not just Black Mirror episodes, there's literally an entire game franchise built around it, Watch Dogs

[@Dannnneh]

Uuh, sure, I can watch dogs, but what's the franchise called?

[@igorthelight]

@@Dannnneh xD You have to watch dogs more to know the answer

[@iiiiiiiiiiiiililiiiiio]

its gonna explode if someone tampered with the supply line.

[@2PeteShakur]

@@igorthelight who, who, who let the dogs out?!~

[@igorthelight]

@@2PeteShakur xD

[@leophyte9663]

it's not black mirror anymore, it's just... mirror

[@sownheard]

😰 What happened to the "black" in the mirror 😭

[@viridianze1225]

Most of the episodes on the future are just researched from articles of things already being made it just shows the bad side of it

[@cans456]

Black mirror just means a screen. To experience it, turn off your phone, look at your black screen, wink at your reflection, come back to KZbin, continue procrastinating. I chuckled at the “just mirror” though

[@slavikdoter]

Sounds like part of latest Steve Jobs product presentation. Maybe he just saw the future and said ok, imma go offline

[@muysantos2859]

racist. but okay

[@DavidAjibade-in8ze]

4:20 "When you wear his glasses, zuck has direct access to your balls" 💀 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jaychas]

FaceBallz

[@sithlordmikeyp]

@@jaychas lookin balls

[@realracing3specter295]

i blasted on that dialogue, but then he said - eye balls lool

[@dilipisharaonline]

0:37 bro cooked duo 😂😂

[@CodeflowinFlowin]

😂😂😂😂😂😂exactly

[@futuza]

Scifi: "Don't create the torment nexus" Zuckerberg: "Sounds like a good idea, anyway, here's the torment nexus - I'm literally drowning in money now"

[@urlhnd]

we have finally reached a point where totalitarian dystopia reigns supreme

[@UNcommonSenseAUS]

Despotic police state

[@Rockyzach88]

You have no idea yet.

[@UNcommonSenseAUS]

@@Rockyzach88 oh I've read the protocols.. I know what's coming

[@7gugts3d4ROBOTufyuguhihimpl9]

@@UNcommonSenseAUS Can you explain or link some of those protocols?

[@bitlong4669]

Meh, I won’t be recognized. I,don’t have a government I’d even, and always wear funny must ash in public.

[@saent_bass]

Can I get like a 99% less creepy version that just helps me remember people’s names 💀

[@balsalmalberto8086]

Can it help me remember my own phone number.

[@turolretar]

Just don’t call them by name, hey you is usually enough

[@yjlom]

​​@@turolretar" - hey, did you talk to _them_ since the other day? - who? - you know… _them_ "

[@de132]

​@@turolretar"hey bud"

[@goose7453]

lmfao ​@@yjlom

[@hedlund]

Most dystopian _so far_ -- it's only Monday, fam.

[@shubashuba9209]

For a moment there, I thought this video was going to transition into a sponsorship ad read for deleting your private information off of databases.

[@cherubin7th]

This only works because all the information is already out there anyway. But instead of taking 130 min it takes 13 s.

[@jqyhlmnp]

Unfairly ostracize men, women, and children who wear glasses. Problem solved

[@anonymes2884]

I mean, _is it_ unfair ? It's not our fault their eyeballs are the wrong shape.

[@valiantviktor]

pol pot grindset

[@FasutonemuMyoji]

@@valiantviktor genocide dark humor is like food, not everybody gets it.

[@jonathandegroot763]

LOL thanks for the chuckle amidst all this doom and gloom hahahah, cheers!

[@gametalk3149]

@@valiantviktor thats crazy 💀

[@ChamplooMusashi]

Taking non consensual photos and videos is already a big deal in places like Korea. I imagine the topic will end up with many private businesses and public spaces taking no filming/photoing a lot more seriously (or at least I hope so).

[@maxave7448]

There is absolutely no way that thing is going to be allowed to sell here in the EU. Its existence is probably a vialoation of every single existing privacy law.

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

@@maxave7448 the whole point is that the thing is really just already existing technology wrapped up. There's no "secret sauce" here. You can buy it from stuff like app stores, but Im not sure it can go much further than that

[@DrD0000M]

Protected by the 1st amendment here. You have no legal expectation of privacy on public streets.

[@CathrineMacNiel]

@@DrD0000M this goes FAR beyond privacy on public streets.

[@NeoHellPoet]

Can't speak for Korea, but in the US there is no expectation of privacy anywhere where you're visible to the public. Not just out in the street, people have sued neighbors because the neighbor had a security camera that could see their back yard and they lost. This is unlikely to change and honestly isn't the root of the problem. We're willingly sharing way to much data. Stopping that means there's nothing for people to find.

[@pokemasterander158]

The whole Death Note plot is pointless now...

[@bio-hazzard1233]

Lol how so?

[@Alpha13yt]

You don't have to sacrifice half of your lifespan to a demon, just sacrifice your soul to Zuck

[@southerncyan4098]

om

[@Justatireddev-f5s]

Glances at L, then he dies during homework.

[@happilyevernever4289]

U need to remember the timeline of deahtnote.😂😂

[@rzu1474]

Why do we get cyberpunk, but without the cool stuff

[@boisterouspanda]

no high tech, only low life 🐕

[@plica06]

"In the future there will be robots"... never sounded so quaint.

[@vsolyomi]

I guess the next in the line is glasses that undress people with AI in real time and stream it to darknet...

[@Acyd2]

Why not just Twitch. I'm sure Amazon will love the new revenue

[@check9094]

that wouldn't be accurate since ai can't see through clothes. they could have a big scar on their chest and no one would know. you could probably create a simulation but that takes a lot of the punch out of it because it would be fake.

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

@@check9094 you really think that's what would stop people?

[@Haise-san]

​@@check9094Even if it was fake, it would be pretty harmful for your image to have a lot of videos of you naked on the internet, even though you wasn't truly naked there

[@vectoralphaSec]

@@check9094 lol being "fake" would not stop people or make it less desirable. Deepfakes exist still.

[@wlockuz4467]

Who else was waiting for a DeleteMe sponsor segue?

[@balsalmalberto8086]

Yeah. another video on the topic had the sponsor right at the beginning, I realized it's just a giant infomercial for delete me. I stopped watching after that. FUD. Fear Uncertainty and Doubt and shilling /advertising has been present much longer than AI and social media.

[@igorthelight]

Me ;-)

[@nathan4678]

Are they legit or is it a scam like most KZbin sponsors?

[@igorthelight]

@@nathan4678 I don't know - never used them

[@D.von.N]

@@nathan4678 scam. Deleteme cannot remove your data from internet, not from institutions that must have your data for a period of time and certainly not from the dark web where data of most of us most probably is or will be very soon, from countless and endless hacks here and there. They are just scammers. Stay vigilant on internet and in general when somebody texts you out of blue, or calls, and block ads, so these data brokers go out of business if enough population does it.

[@codingrhon9804]

I believe Meta glasses are more feature-rich than the Metaverse.

[@0x0michael]

have you used a Quest 3, Meta Raybans? It is stupid to believe when you can test

[@Fibonacci620]

Meta glasses are part of the metaverse lmao bro

[@RoyMatzem]

Theyre just the same thing. Its like; Xbox/Gamepass MetaGlass/Metaverse

[@aifungi]

"Zuck stole the idea" should be mentioned more often when talking about this dirty marsupial

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

Everytime I heard about those augmented reality apps that collect the personal data of not only the user but also everybody around them in real time the first thing I think is "man! The internet speeds on First World countries must be amazing!"

[@Uday_shirbhate]

Finally, now I can explain others why I don't have social media accounts and never posted any image of mine.

[@UNcommonSenseAUS]

Lol here you are posting om your google account. Smh

[@toasterenthusiast6188]

@@UNcommonSenseAUS There is a huge difference between using an account and posting identifying information online

[@chibisayori20]

@@UNcommonSenseAUS yeah he is definetly V from Cyberpunk 2077, just like i'm Sayori from DDLC

[@Vivaildi]

@@UNcommonSenseAUS It's something to have a social media account but you can have multi social accounts and never share your real name and picture of your face, as well as real location, etc.

[@mateopuna5175]

Even if you don't some government agency took a picture of you at some point. As this technology gets better and better nobody will be able to escape unless they live in the forest since they are born and have no IDs

[@Datdus92]

It probably fails 90% of the time to find the actual person you're looking at. Given the state of reverse image search.

[@trigger21m]

NSA version works 100% of the time.

[@abdullahalam2088]

I just checked my own picture on Facecheck ID and the top result was my Linkedin profile. It does work.

[@pooholigarch]

​@@trigger21m How does one access that version?

[@mido0700]

@@pooholigarchtry being part of nsa, that might help

[@Shaker626]

Google's own reverse image search blocks such attempts. Others, like one I used not too long ago, based out of Russia, have almost no restrictions.

[@rashidxd]

The problem is that in order to delete your data from those sites, you need to upload a selfi + an ID document to verify it. TBH, I don't trust them deleting my data at all. How do we know it's actually deleted? Just cuz they say it?

[@zanido9073]

"In order to delete your data, we need you to give us more data." Fucking what

[@futuza]

The best way to delete the data is to phish their admin's account info, then once you have access to an account install malware that sabotages the backups and deletes everything and replaces it with false information

[@ABadGamble]

Your data is never really deleted and anyone who offers this service but requires you to provide facial ID is 100% selling people's private data

[@isaacr7416]

Dude your videos are so good thanks for making them 5 min instead of 20.

[@highward5292]

i really have to start living off grid now i don't even wanna exist in the cities, i dont wanna random sttrangers to know my life out of nowhere. i hate this world

[@EbonyWolf.]

You forget you don't need AI or glasses to do all this. Any picture taken with any source, you can just use the same spy app and download the persons info in 20 secs.

[@NineSun001]

The point is that this enables person to do it on the fly and very stealthly. If a dude is filming my face by holding a camera 30cm in front of me, I may notice that rather quickly.

[@anonymes2884]

@@NineSun001 Sure but the bigger point is, if your face is on the internet this has been possible for years, all these kids did was build a smoother pipeline.

[@Kawka1122]

I like how code report slowly but steadily succumb into madness.

[@justinwheeler5614]

You know what else Suckerburg did? Turned my $400 VR headset into a lop-sided paperweight.

[@mow_cat]

Quest 1? I'm in the same boat if so

[@JonMasters]

Fun fact: I have an issued US patent on AR ID badges (for use at conferences) issued many years ago

[@rubyeyed756]

"Don't go outside where a CCTV camera can see you" so, stay inside forever I guess. Those cameras slowly but surely kept growing in numbers over the years and now there is at least 1 on every street. EU here btw.

[@dixztube]

God I hate these companies

[@chilomine839]

Zuckerborg wants to be human but can't stop being creepy long enough to invent his own humanity.

[@Rammyrich]

marxist “eat-the-rich” flat-earther

[@Fibonacci620]

They are students not companies

[@dixztube]

@@Fibonacci620 zuck is with meta no?

[@dxabier]

Not too long ago I started to hate technology

[@LanceThumping]

The saddest thing about glasses like these is that I think they could theoretically be cool and have some really interesting things to do with them. Imagine going on a family vacation with them (or a 360 version) and being able to dump all the footage into something like photogrammetry after to create a full 3D capture of your vacation.

[@sajeucettefoistunevaspasme]

if data is secure enough that would be super cool

[@duconmicro4331]

@@sajeucettefoistunevaspasme But it's not. And it won't.

[@LanceThumping]

@@sajeucettefoistunevaspasme Would require making the glasses not being always-online highly connected devices or at least open sourcing the connectivity so people can control the data. I could see an open source version being designed but the main issue would be price at that point.

[@fus3n]

The app is basically wrapper around different existing old technology, but of course a "Harvard" student does it so its "genius"

[@apc9714]

So was the smartphone, but combining effectively different technologies can be a game changer if done right

[@Youtoober6947]

I don’t think anyone called him or the app genius, the main point was the glasses

[@ChamplooMusashi]

only normies think this is "genius". its a combination of services that have been available for quite some time(aside from LLMs)

[@wlockuz4467]

Yeah not buying it unless they show more evidence that can be checked independently. It's so easy to fake a product these days.

[@ryandury]

yeah this is nothing new

[@freeman37]

It's not distopian, it's criminal. It's a con device!!

[@Hyderomastgroningem0]

hi for the record the social credit system in china is NOT implemented. it was an idea, they did a pilot, and it was never rolled out. the hukou system (household registers) is dystopian enough for that

[@AbuBakr1]

"Facebook" is the biggest Threat to privacy

[@Lesrevesdhiver]

Interestingly, zuckerberg was born in 1984, and you know the story behind that. Maybe "1984" came a bit late but still, coincidence? Kind of makes one wonder if something happened on Dec 21st 2012 that we won't see the effects of for a while. Speculation but interesting nonetheless.

[@hyalia]

​@@Lesrevesdhiver No way!! It was a sign we missed lmao

[@clray123]

Mostly a threat to pivacy of old people and bots, though.

[@divinecreation6]

literally "lifeinvader"

[@clray123]

@@divinecreation6 old people who congregate there literally don't give a fuck. until their money disappears by some scammer who used all the data for social engineering, but even then they won't connect the dots...

[@lukehero]

0:44 hahah what an old school reference, I love that video! "Look, at that, horse. The bushy tail the big teeth" 🤣

[@PropaneWP]

So these glasses are for people who realize it's considered creepy to stick your phone camera in random people's faces, but still really want to stick a camera in random people's faces.

[@clray123]

I think they will have the same effect on the quality of your social interactions as wearing Google glasses... (But FUckerberg don't care as he has no social interactions.)

[@arleas]

Somehow that "i will see you in the next video" line doesn't sound so innocent

[@ishayasolo]

the humor in your videos are one of the reasons why I love to watch your videos 💯🤣

[@lost_sundae]

The glasses are just a form factor, these can be done through a phone too.

[@HolyApplebutter]

I feel the glasses are a bit more insidious though. If some guy held up his phone to you for a few seconds you'd probably wonder what it's about. But this can be done by somebody with glasses looking at you.

[@regularaccount-m8t]

Imagine having some guy know your full legal name because he wore slightly modified glasses and looked at you.

[@mac1991seth]

Person of Interest is such an underrated tv show that fits this scenario so good and yet people would rather mention Watch Dogs.

[@adamcummings20]

CAN. YOU. HEAR. ME.

[@mac1991seth]

@@adamcummings20 Absolutely.

[@Amaratatva]

Mr Reese

[@daemoncluster]

​@@Amaratatva Mr Finch

[@anonymes2884]

PoI basically showed us exactly how this would all go down over the next 10-20 years (not from now, from when it started in 2011 i.e. we're already most of the way there).

[@Dryer_Safe]

It's not just FB. All these big players think the future is for them to get YOUR data, look through it, and do the thinking for you. In exchange for YOUR data. It's insane that people are actually willing to participate, but the great majority do, without second thought.

[@practical-skills-school]

Was funny to see a Soviet movie character at 0:15 (Teens in the Universe)

[@zaqtheduck]

Определённо underrated comment

[@Balorng]

And *literally* a robot overlord that subjudigated humans to shove them, kicking and screaming, into "Brave new world" at that :)

[@maximiliandort3489]

Just flip this shit around and ask yourself if you'd like every stranger you encounter on the subway to automatically know where you live? No? Ok, so let's not fucking do it maybe. Jfc we're so fucked.

[@trikool9773]

on the bright side, you get to know where everyone else lives too. You might not care, they might not care, but because of this the cultural zeitgeist might change and people would be more open, respectful, etc cause we know more about eachother. Either that or we live in a worse police state who knows

[@anonymes2884]

@@trikool9773 Oh it'll be the first one, definitely the first one. Ahem.

[@rumfordc]

@@trikool9773 If they didn't care, they wouldn't wear the glasses!

[@davor6966]

The best Mossad tool ever.

[@WilliamBrwn]

We are lucky that it isn't a pager!

[@davor6966]

@@WilliamBrwn exploding pennies...

[@jaychas]

They've probably been using this tech for 5+ years already

[@vodkaboy]

remember Echelon ?

[@jaychas]

@@vodkaboy no what's that?

[@MrYerak5]

0:51 just like the scuoter from DBZ it's over 9000

[@LiterallyLozyl]

3 bucks for some sunglasses is gonna be the best purchase in the near future

[@trashtalker5308]

0:43 "thats a horse" killed me

[@rtorcato]

we are living in George Orwell's nightmare

[@carlosjosejimenezbermudez9255]

An anime called Eden of the East featured an app that could do this about 15 years ago. It's real now.

[@abdul-hakambhatti1210]

the one about that AI supercomputer? I saw some shorts about it. and now LLMs are like the one from Steinsgate 0 (don't remember the actual name, but saw some shorts about some awakening punch, and later watched some anime summary youtube video, it was awesome like it can happen with LLMs)

[@sankuas4d]

@@abdul-hakambhatti1210 Amadeus powered by Cristina

[@DenysAlmaral]

4:44 McLOVIN

[@knowsomething-b8d]

You want to job interview, and they're wearing glasses.

[@cetitanenthusiast776]

Another thing that I don't think they realized is that people might "accidentally" bring these into restrooms

[@whatwhatwhat2939]

man got a stylist and think we forgot who he is

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

The future is NOW, thanks to SCIENCE! Specifically, the dystopian future we’ve all been terrified of and it’s less due to science and more due to corporate greed.

[@maxave7448]

Agreed, there has likely been pretty much no real science involved in the making of this product. I can guarantee you this is a desperate cash grab to justify the billions they threw away for training those "AI" models. Tbh I wont be surprised if this thing meets the same fate as products like devin: extremely overhyped and forgotten after a week.

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

@@maxave7448 as I said, less due to science and more due to corporate greed. The science thing was a reference.

[@maxave7448]

@@_somerandomguyontheinternet_ yeah I know, I just wanted to insert my unneeded opinion into this

[@takumu781]

@@_somerandomguyontheinternet_ hahaha "I can't name the current economic system because that would mean its actually not good so I will say corporate greed instead":DDDDD its capitalism cry more about "corporate greed" please if it was created by (insert country led by a communist party) you would just say socialism bad, 1984 etc, but because its capitalism you will go beyond to avoid criticizing it. pure Hypocrisy on full display. By supporting the current economic system you are endorsing this kind of tech no matter how hard you will try to deny it.

[@JoshuaCarisma]

@fireship can you share the link for removing personal data 4:11

[@pluuf]

Also interested in the link

[@SanguineMask]

Just search "people connect suppression tool" to get to the tool to opt out of data sharing from Intelius and several related websites. You might also need to email them directly if the tool isn't working correctly (which was what happened to me). I tried to put the url and email in the comment, but KZbin just automatically deletes the comment if I do that.

[@SanguineMask]

Search for "PeopleConnect - Suppression Center" and you can opt of data sharing from several related data brokers. (Sorry, but I cannot post the url because it causes the comment to be automatically deleted.)

[@Womro-m7u]

I guess you should be concerned mainly if you live in the US. Unfortunately some of these solutions actually require you to send them a photo of your face and a photo of your ID. Search for "1iWCqmaOUKhKjcKSktIwC3NNANoFP7vPsRvcbOIup_BA", it's a google docs file link. Can't pass it straight in the comment.

[@GreenBean6570]

Really sucks that they didn't disclose how to build them, hopefully someone sensible will create an open source version.

[@naziamunir4220]

Dude I really laughed out loud at this. This was very funny and educational, Thank you!

[@prohacker5086]

The glass can theoretically tell the heart rate of the person you are looking at, that's what i'd call creepy.

[@HoD999x]

70bpm

[@FireFox64000000]

Actually, any camera can do that. Look up motion isolation.

[@davidecristoni9309]

The kinect v2 could do that

[@Zacskostely]

@@FireFox64000000 I got mattresses on that query...

[@prohacker5086]

@@FireFox64000000 Yeah but it will be 99x times more anxiety inducing to talk to my crush now

[@zariel_jr]

I don't want someone to wear these dystopian glasses when they're talking to me.

[@Rockyzach88]

"Put your glasses in autistic mode before we begin our conversation"

[@vectoralphaSec]

They dont need to. They can wear them away from your view and collect all the knowledge they want from you without you even knowing or realizing it.

[@Etcher]

@@vectoralphaSec Want to explain to me how that works Einstein?

[@YfilebgBjjbtlk12]

​​@@EtcherDont need to fully converse with them but just get a glimpse of their face, probably for a few seconds and be on your mery way, to the victim it's normal because they're not thinking that "is he wearing smart rayband glasses!? He has my data!" they're probably thinking "Can't wait to get home.." I dont even think they have to directly be looking at you to indicate they're capturing your face, given that the camera is on the frame of the glasses, the wearer can simply walk by people and capture their faces with out directly looking at them with their eyes.

[@ProfShibe]

you're already using google products and a phone it's literally no different

[@RaRePtr]

So basically i-xray is just ai version of OSINT

[@UNcommonSenseAUS]

Yeah, osint for tards who don't deserve the power.

[@jackkirby5287]

Privacy violations are the same thing that got Google Glass shutdown.

[@Cyfrik]

And they then proceeded to violate our privacy through our smartphones instead.

[@dsuess]

Time to tattoo "Opt-Out" on my forehead

[@nuclearocean]

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A NEOLIBERTARIAN TECHNO CONCENTRATION CAMP I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A NEOLIBERTARIAN TECHNO CONCENTRATION CAMP

[@clray123]

I have nothing against libertarian, it's the techno concentration camp which makes me worried. And it smells a lot more of fascist/communist than "libertarian" to me.

[@nuclearocean]

@@clray123 brother, have a quick google on who did liberals side with in every fascist country ever and never write "fascist" and "communist" with a "/" ever again

[@clray123]

@@nuclearocean Well, who did they side with? Certainly not fascists or communists. And yes the / is very appropriate as these are two authortiarian ideologies both strongly opposed to INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY and in favor of restricting it in favor of "higher goals" (of the industrial state or commune).

[@jerkchicken_expertlyseasoned]

@@nuclearocean definitely don't google the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

[@ochamo]

​@clray123 👁👄👁 communism aint authoritarian, right? Communism is when everyone gets to chill until someone gets greedy and makes a dictatorship

[@toptravelingoffers7666]

If this is the case, when a criminal gets out of jail, everyone will recognize him as a criminal

[@SynethoxYT]

or when someone doesn`t like you they upload some files about you and everyone will assume you are a criminal out of jail

[@maxave7448]

Yeah, imagine getting out of prison after commiting a minor offense, trying to start a new chapter in life, only to be branded a monstrous criminal for life because people can now instantly access your entire personal records.

[@maxscott3349]

That's not really different than how it is now

[@dansanger5340]

Considering the recidivism rate, that's probably a good thing.

[@kirbylover37]

​@@dansanger5340we found the Punisher's alt account

[@pyotreus]

By your controversial technologies combined, I am Captain Dystopia!!

[@neelabh1745]

Wow, the internet took a deep dark turn real quick…. Just yesterday we were all just trying to remember people’s birthdays

[@pioSko]

"That's a horse." ... i lost it

[@XetXetable]

You don't need glasses to do this, you could just take a picture of a person with any camera, such as a phone. In fact, I'm not even sure if the glasses make it any easier.

[@yjlom]

maybe slightly less conspicuous than brandishing your phone in someone's face then staring at it plus if the thing becomes fast enough it can put little info cards on everyone in real time without input

[@DrD0000M]

@@yjlom Phone is less conspicuous than wearing huge dork glasses. Everyone whips there phone out randomly already. Without the flash on, you can't tell if they are photographing you or just looking something up on their screen while facing your general direction. The massive glasses are a dead giveaway they are some tech weirdo.

[@apache937]

@@DrD0000M the point of the glasses is to look like ordinary glasses. they need to hide the lens better and no one can know

[@DrD0000M]

@@apache937 Yeah, but seems like it's gonna be a while before all that tech fits into normal looking glasses.

[@anonymes2884]

@@DrD0000M They did this with the Ray Bans, _not_ the prototype "Orion" glasses. The Ray Bans look like "normal looking glasses" (except you can see the lens). (but you do still need a phone if that's what you mean, it's not all onboard yet)

[@inzaghiposumaalkahfi9650]

1:09 Alternatively, it's on October 7, 2024 or Rabi' al-Akhir 4, 1446 AH and you're watching the Fireship Code Report Series about The Most Dystopian App ever made (By Mark Zuckerberg).

[@IzzumiPoshaf]

Yes, you're Correct 👍👍

[@46_10]

I like AI but you Dumbass robot.

[@wildzide]

I cant wait for a solar flare to send us back to the stone age

[@CathrineMacNiel]

good thing that we still have physical books and libraries.

[@daemoncluster]

A solar flare won't change human nature and as a result will not fix our core issues.

[@Sercil00]

Sounds like Watch Dogs. Guess walking through the streets and instantly knowing a whole bunch of stuff about every single stranger you see wasn't so far fetched.

[@Farrukhsiyar159]

Screens are already overwhelmingly addictive. After most get used to this, there's no going back.