Kenya probes Meta Ray-Ban sensible glasses privateness considerations

NAIROBI: Kenya is investigating Ray-Ban Meta sensible glasses over accusations of storing customers’ information by recording their each day lives with out their information, digital rights group The Oversight Lab stated Tuesday.

It follows an investigation by Swedish media shops Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten in February that alleged photographs being collected around the globe by the glasses – some exhibiting intimate or violent scenes, or confidential information equivalent to checking account numbers – have been ending up in Nairobi, the place Kenyan staff of a subcontracted firm have been required to assessment them, notably to coach the synthetic intelligence (AI) that powers the units.

The Oversight Lab requested on March 6 the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) of Kenya to research “the mass surveillance capabilities of Ray-Ban Meta glasses and their use for non-consensual recording of intimate images and videos.”

It had additionally requested “the ODPC to investigate the unlawful processing of data to train Meta AI in Kenya,” the organisation stated in a press release Tuesday, including that the general public physique had confirmed it had launched an investigation.

The Oversight Lab additionally shared a letter it acquired from the ODPC dated March 11 which said that “it has already commenced” investigations into the privateness considerations.

“The outcome and further developments will be communicated once the investigations are concluded,” the letter stated.

Contacted by AFP, the ODPC didn’t instantly remark.

Smart glasses are booming worldwide, supported by advances in synthetic intelligence.

Meta can be dealing with a lawsuit within the United States over alleged privateness violations linked to its sensible glasses and is the topic of an investigation within the United Kingdom, in keeping with The Oversight Lab. – AFP