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Apple Rumored to Be Working on AirPods With Built-in Cameras (gizmodo.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just to improve the spy ecosystem. Thanks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

100% says it’s for gesture tracking and fully local

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The source code is closed so you cannot check Apple allegations only trust them and I don't trust a company who puts a advertising ID on its phones

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do you trust Google? They do a LOT more than add a highly anonymous advertising ID you can reset at at will.

Marketing departments around the world collectively shat their pants when Apple did that change, it made tons of user tracking instantly completely useless.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Yeah well, they wouldn't buy earphones with fucking cameras on them from Google either, now would they?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Only because everyone's on edge, give it a few years and they'll need "anonymised" data collection to "help improve their service"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Only because everyone’s on edge,

Wrong, everyone's on chrome

I'll see myself out, no need to shoot

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Edge is what you use to download a browser.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Have they done it with FaceID yet?

It can detect accurate facial expressions, it’d be advertising gold to see what faces people pull when watching ads, even see if they’re looking at the phone

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I suppose they really wanna use all that R&D that they did on gesture tracking with the vision somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yep, imagine skipping tracks with a specific gesture instead on fondling the white nub poking out of your ear