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highplainsdem

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18. What that idiot CEO is talking about is everyone being recorded by everyone else's devices, with

Reply to quaker bill (Reply #15)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 09:30 PM

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smart glasses and similar devices using facial recognition, so the tech lords will be constantly gathering as much info as possible on everyone, wherever they are and whatever they're doing.

https://www.engadget.com/2184224/meta-developing-ai-pendant-more-smart-glass-models/

And the tech companies will have all that data to sell to advertisers, or the government.

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'Resistance is futile,' says Qualcomm CEO. AI agents will be become invisible, inescapable, follow you across devices [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

Well... -misanthroptimist Yesterday #1

Or maybe his marks, er, customers will refuse to buy "smart glasses", and refrain from using AI . . . hatrack Yesterday #2

That'll work, too. -misanthroptimist Yesterday #3

In 1859, there was exactly one important service that depended on electricity . . . hatrack Yesterday #4

Long term planning is just one... -misanthroptimist Yesterday #5

That's for sure PatSeg Yesterday #9

That won't happen... lame54 Yesterday #12

Resistance is not futile. Prairie_Seagull Yesterday #6

And as long as we're talking tech-bro fantasies . . . hatrack Yesterday #7

I agree. I'm not going to fall for their propaganda. And I'll do all I can to make others aware of highplainsdem Yesterday #11

I know you will. Prairie_Seagull Yesterday #14

And make a wrong move durablend Yesterday #8

did he cackle and wring his hands? eShirl Yesterday #10

Sounding like the Borg worked well enough to show he's a crazy villain, so the Register's headline highplainsdem Yesterday #13

It only works with the proper soundtrack . . . hatrack Yesterday #17

Leave the devices at home quaker bill Yesterday #15

What that idiot CEO is talking about is everyone being recorded by everyone else's devices, with highplainsdem Yesterday #18

F*ck that misuse of a Star Trek quote. Intractable Yesterday #16