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Huh? Then how do they deliver ads?



They deliver ads to the people being filmed with the glasses, once they're identified and tracked by facebook.


I wonder if Zuckerberg one day will wake up and realize what he's doing to the world.


"To conclude, it’s worth noting that, at least for a time, product managers at Facebook — Russ’ job before starting DocSend — were required to read Snow Crash as part of their internal training."[0]

I think he knows.

0: https://www.deaneckles.com/blog/700_docsend_in_snow_crash/


Doesn’t he already? And that’s why he’s doing what he’s doing?


Knowing and reflecting upon what you know are two different things. And even then the outcomes may be different than what you would expect.


They'll quietly whisper them into your ear.. !


Presumably they monetize by selling your real-time ___location and live video feed to your local surveillance authorities or political enemies.


Is there any source that can back this up? I can't imagine my local police paying to have live locations at all times.


You can't imagine police departments that buy stingray devices and spy illegally with them to also pay for surveillance data? Anyway for real time tracking, police stations can likely get the feds involved which get that info from your telco, who are best buddies with the federal government.


Yeah... but I am not american, but from a tiny european country. Police makes some requests for data after the fact every year, but as far as I know there are no deals between police and giant american corporations. I'm probably naive.


Ah yes, sorry to assume.


That's fair, we are on mostly American website after all!

I'm just traveling through France and saw on the news that a woman disappeared. They are trying to find her by triangulating the last ___location based on nearby cell towers of where she was last seen. So even giant European countries can't/don't use facebook/google to locate people.




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