Facebook wants people to invite its cameras into their homes (AP)

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/b2ccb34c867240e9bc1cb6b6d61f1488

Facebook wants people to invite its cameras into their homes
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is launching the first electronic device to bear its brand, a screen and camera-equipped gadget intended to make video calls easier and more intuitive.

But it’s unclear if people will open their homes to an internet-connected camera sold by a company with a questionable track record on protecting user privacy.

Facebook is marketing the device, called Portal, as a way for its more than 2 billion users to chat with one another without having to fuss with positioning and other controls. The device features a camera that uses artificial intelligence to automatically zoom as people move around during calls.

It’s a particularly trying time for Facebook to release a home camera. Earlier this year, the company had to acknowledge that as many as 87 million people may have had their data accessed by Cambridge Analytica, a data mining firm that worked for the Trump campaign and aimed to use the data to influence elections. More recently, Facebook revealed that hackers managed to pierce its security to break into 50 million accounts .


This image provided by Facebook shows the company’s product called Portal. Facebook is marketing the device Portal, as a way for its more than 2 billion users to chat with one another without having to fuss with positioning and other controls. (Facebook via AP)

[Squinch]

1. Anyone who participates in this is a complete and utter idiot.

[Solly Mack]

2. LMAO

Sorry.

Was thinking about the future headlines and youtube videos.

[dalton99a]

4. They want to know your political positions and your favorite positions

[Solly Mack]

5. Gonna result in some embarrassing moments of family dysfunction.

Some fame seekers will live stream all portal conversations.

And when they are able to split screen three-way call, all hell will break loose.

[eleny]

3. Portal - That's a dubious choice for a FB product name

[delisen]

6. Facebook has no more loyalty to Americans than Trump does. It is a dangerous

combination.

Frieds do't let friends do facebook

It sucks up friends info as well as its members. Might as well head down to the FBI now and let them vacuum up all your brains and your body images.

[MiniMe]

7. I won't even have an Alexa or any of those type of things in my home

Certainly not going to have a camera.

[donkeypoofed]

8. FB also wants access to your bank balances & credit card charges

See? You're not paying for the product so you ARE the product. Fuck FB !!

[lindysalsagal]

9. I want my own Bank, and hospital, and airplane.

Wanting isn't making any of those things, including bookface appear in my life.