And yet, according to the company’s executives, it’s “dishonest” to inform the public about a piece of unreleased tech that Meta has chosen to incorporate into a consumer product.
Meta referred to the discovery as “sensational” and characterized NameTag as exploratory. “We’ve said before we’re exploring these types of features, and what you’re seeing is just evidence of that exploration,” the company said in a statement to Wired. “Nothing has shipped to consumers and no final decision has been made on what to do here, if anything. If we do decide to roll something out, we will take a and do so with full transparency. One decision we can be clear about—we are not building a central face database.”
“It’s not until [paragraph] four that Wired says this feature is ‘not enabled,’” declared Meta spokesperson and VP of communications Andy Stone. “And then takes until [paragraph] 16 for Wired to reflect that Meta has no existing plans and this is exploratory. And not until [paragraph] ten does Wired quote its own expert saying the feature is not ‘exposed to consumers.’”
“This is more than shoddy reporting, it’s intellectually dishonest,” Stone continued. “Pure advocacy-driven click bait.”
The fact that you’re “exploring” this tech at all is deeply concerning. You’ve done everything possible to erode the trust of the public so why would anyone believe you would do it “thoughtfully”?
“Ok, ok. Everyone calm the fuck down. We haven’t actually released the see-through-clothes-a-vision feature. No consumers have access to it, and it’s not yet been decided that we even will release this tech. We’re just developing and testing this personal x-ray tech to explore the possibilities, that’s all! We think it might have great applications for anatomy education, medical exams and law enforcement.”
“Ah, come on. Don’t get your panties in a wad. Yes yours. I can see them getting all wadded as I speak! Don’t you want to be like Superman, but without any of the moral restraint?”
“Besides you’re not allowed to get mad at us until after we’ve actually unleashed this mass privacy violation tech onto the world. If we do end unilaterally deciding to irrevocably destroy every semblance of modesty, privacy, and personal descretion for sharing one’s own body, we promise, we’ll be completely transparent about it. As transparent as your dress is to these glasses right now. Wowza!”
The fact that you’re “exploring” this tech at all is deeply concerning. You’ve done everything possible to erode the trust of the public so why would anyone believe you would do it “thoughtfully”?
“Ok, ok. Everyone calm the fuck down. We haven’t actually released the see-through-clothes-a-vision feature. No consumers have access to it, and it’s not yet been decided that we even will release this tech. We’re just developing and testing this personal x-ray tech to explore the possibilities, that’s all! We think it might have great applications for anatomy education, medical exams and law enforcement.”
“Ah, come on. Don’t get your panties in a wad. Yes yours. I can see them getting all wadded as I speak! Don’t you want to be like Superman, but without any of the moral restraint?”
“Besides you’re not allowed to get mad at us until after we’ve actually unleashed this mass privacy violation tech onto the world. If we do end unilaterally deciding to irrevocably destroy every semblance of modesty, privacy, and personal descretion for sharing one’s own body, we promise, we’ll be completely transparent about it. As transparent as your dress is to these glasses right now. Wowza!”