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Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses (www.brusselstimes.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by arsCynic@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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“Experts in Europe warn that these devices are used to record strangers without their consent, possibly breaching EU law.”

“A small LED light is designed to indicate when recording is taking place, but RTBF's investigators found that tutorials explaining how to conceal the indicator are abundant and easily accessible online.”

Sometimes I have a hard time deciding who I despise more, parasite Mark Zuckerberg or its witless hosts who keep using its products—yes, Zuck's pronoun is it. Ban Ray-Ban, for frick's sake.

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[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I think that could fall under "Recht am eigenen Bild" (right to your own picture). It gives you the right to decide how images of you are used. If he profits off of photos/videos of her, she should have the right to sue him. It might also be illegal to publish the videos under GDPR law, especially in combination with more personal information like first name or city.

However, big festivals like the Oktoberfest often have a disclaimer that you agree to being filmed and your picture being published due to TV, press etc. being there. I don't know how that would work.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

right to your own picture

That's pretty handy. Seems like that means you should therefore have the right for it not to be non-consensually sucked into the Meta AI training corpus (and you know it is) or sold to face recognition companies etc.

Just some evidence away from a massive class action lawsuit against Meta. Yes please, spank 'em hard.

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 1 points 17 hours ago

I would love that. I'm not sure if that works, since afaik the law only regulates the publication of your picture and profiting off of someone's photo. In cases of AI training you usually publish it yourself and for example Facebook and Reddit already make you agree to using your photo however they want.

I wonder if AI companies could be sued for using pictures from a private website for training.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

I believe (not a lawyer or expert in that field) that this does not cover covert and targeted filming.

I'd argue it's there to allow TV to make background shots and perform interviews without trouble.