A new warning details how Facebook owner Meta's metaverse could be a privacy nightmare.
Meta says the metaverse will be built responsibly
Meta says it will work involve the human rights and civil rights communities from the start to ensure technologies are “built in a way that’s inclusive and empowering.” But Haugen doesn’t trust Facebook owner Meta to manage this, and has warned of the privacy implications. “So beyond the fact that these immersive environments are extremely addictive and they encourage people to unplug from the reality we actually live,” Haugen told the Associated Press, the metaverse will require people to put “many, many more sensors in our homes and our workplaces.
“AI and machine learning give companies like Meta/Facebook the ability to aggregate vast quantities of data that influence every aspect of our lives,” says Phillip Dutton, co-CEO and co-founder at Solidatus, a technology firm that is currently focused on data privacy. That is why he says, that “regulators and the public are demanding transparency so they can trust their data is being used and protected appropriately.
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