OverlyExposed

How many of you lived through the VHS era, when watching Rambo on VHS was really something? Back in those days, my family wasn’t in the best financial shape. We had a pretty good Samsung TV, but no VHS player.

My parents had some friends in a nearby town, and we’d visit them about once a month. They knew what my cravings were every time we went over—watching Rambo 3 on VHS. I think I watched that movie at least seven times…

I’m the type of person who gets addicted to things pretty easily. Luckily, one of my more recent (and healthier) addictions is hitting the gym. But this post isn’t about habits, good or bad—it’s about tech and how it's shaping the world.

META has been making waves lately, and there are folks on Twitter I follow claiming that its stock hitting $3,000 next year wouldn't be a surprise. Honestly, nothing surprises us in a bull market. If META gets to such high valuations, Zuckerberg might just become the richest man alive.

I don’t like the guy, but when it comes to analyzing markets and investments, I try to stay objective. Ego often tells a different story than the trend or the chart. I don’t hold META stock and have no plans to, but…

META is becoming more than just a social media company. Most of us still associate it with Facebook, much like how people used to only see Tesla as just a car manufacturer. But META has some glasses it’s developed in collaboration with Ray-Ban.

I don’t know how many of you knew about these, and to be frank, I just found out about them myself. What sets them apart from regular sunglasses is that they have cameras embedded, allowing you to record videos and even stream. That sounds cool, but there’s more to it.

Two Harvard students, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, developed a tool called I-XRAY. This program shows how easily Ray-Ban’s Meta smart glasses can be exploited to identify individuals and access their personal info, including home addresses.

In a video, they demonstrated real-time identification of classmates and strangers using the glasses. The program uploads footage to PimEyes, a facial recognition tool, to retrieve personal details. source

If they can do that, imagine what hackers, burglars, or even the state could do. Personally, I don’t have much of my personal life online. Most of what I’ve shared is here on Hive, since I deleted my Facebook account over seven years ago.

Facebook started as a database, and my personal take is that the CIA and similar agencies saw the potential from the beginning. But most of us refused to see it for what it was. It's unbelievable how much personal info we’ve shared online over the years. We’re literally overexposed to instant access.

These glasses are just the beginning of what “instant access to information” will look like. Many people believe the government will steal our privacy and rights, but the way I see it, society is willingly giving them up in exchange for likes, comments, and pointless dopamine hits.

Facial recognition is reaching new heights, and META is playing a massive role in that…

Thanks for your attention,
Adrian