You're Not Going to Wear those, Are You?
You're Not Going to Wear those, Are You?
Apple wants to track your eye's location ON TOP OF all the biometric data they already collect.
We already spend too much time consumed by technology and we know it. We all yearn for a simpler life. In this reading we’ll explore:
What is Apple’s new product and will it fail like Mark Zuck’s? Why or Why not?
What does Apple track and collect already?
Why do they have patents on eye-tracking technology?
Theories on why they need to collect eye tracking and biometric data
Baby Steps for Going Off Grid to Avoid this Nonsense
This is Stupid and you Can’t Convince Me Otherwise
Apple’s New Product is dumb as shit.
Big Tech keeps trying to get CLOSER to us. Inside us. They want to be inseparable. They have our fingerprints, facial recognition, and now eye movement tracking.
You think this is for your convenience?
Next year you’ll need a drop of blood to open your iphone or access your bank account…
And Sitting alone wearing a $3,500 pair of retina-melting, brain-rotting ski goggles
doesn’t exactly sound like a good time to me.
The real question is: why? Why would anyone create this abomination, much less, BUY IT?
Especially when it has been a CATACLISMIC FAILURE in the VERY RECENT PAST? (Remember Meta?)
Again I ask: Why would a company pursue this product?
It doesn’t seem like consumers are asking for this. Maybe I’m wrong. If you want to wear these goofy things then … you are reading the wrong newsletter.
Why do they want it
Will this product fail like Meta? Hopefully, it does fail due to people becoming more aware the negative effects of tech. It might not fail because people love Apple and it has a death grip on their soul.
Also worth asking, WHY does Apple have PATENTS for eye tracking software and retinal Scanning? Why is knowing exactly where you are looking important to a technology company?
They want to know Where are you going, what are you looking at, and what is your reaction? I cover this in Theory 2.
Protect your Biometric Data for Pete’s Sake
Be careful what you put on the internet and what you give away to mega tech companies. (You actually pay them to give it to them.)
Apple is slowly gathering the most personal data and storing it for….future use? Your fingerprints? Your facial features? Why is that info important? Think about it.
Here is what Apple Already collects:
Movement and Precise Location
Finger Prints
Facial Recognition
Search History
Key Strokes
App Usage
Photo and Video
Phonecalls
Texts
And this ski-goggle product is collecting eye movements and patterns.
“As per the patent design, there will be an eye-tracking device and a processing unit to understand eye movements. Moreover, the implementation areas include a monitor screen, head-mounted display, or smart glasses. “
- Abhishek Mishra May 5, 2022 - fossbytes.com
Is Apple big brother?
Apple wouldn’t be a company if people didn’t love their products and USE them.
Having tech in your pocket that can help you navigate a new city, track your heart rate, and do a long-distance video call with a friend in Paris is pretty remarkable and helpful for Society at Large.
But a password or PIN can unlock your phone and keep it secure. It works. But now there is Touch ID, Face ID, and now Optic ID
[Optic ID] Apple uses its sensors to project LED light onto your iris. However, since Vision Pro is so new, Apple hasn’t explained the full details behind this technology.
I’d argue that fingerprint and facial recognition unlock features are more beneficial for Apple’s database. It’s overkill and not necessary for you to give up your biometric data to a tech company to access your phone.
Eye Tracking is so Hot Right Now
What is the new motion-based eye tracking?
Apple’s patented motion sensing device would track the gaze of a person. However, human eyes differ in each individual and the device will need to calibrate to new eyes each time.
PatentlyApple shared the images which reveal a rather unique approach to tracking eye movements. As per the patent design, there will be an eye-tracking device and a processing unit to understand eye movements. Moreover, the implementation areas include a monitor screen, head-mounted display, or smart glasses.
For deeper details, review Apple's granted patent 11,320,904. This is Apple's second granted patent for this invention that adds an additional 20 patent claims.
Other eye/gaze tracking patents that were published in the last year can be found here: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 and 06.
Why Apple Wants to be Strapped On Your Face: My Top Theories
There is something important about the eyes that Apple and other tech giants want…It creeps me out.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:22-24
Theory 1: Worst-case Scenario - the Data they have about us is going to be used against us and sold to governments.
I work in the IT and data world. With this data Apple has a lot of power. Making people use fingerprints, facial recognition, and retinal scans to access their personal devices, applications, and payments is NOT only keeping you using their products and looking where they want you to look.
Governments and corporations around the world pay big dollars for that information. Makes it easier to track people. China already uses similar tracking systems in its slave system.
Theory 2: They want to understand every movement you make to make more money from you.
Where are you going, what are you looking at, and what is your reaction?
Aka - location tracking, movement and eye tracking, heart rate monitoring…..
If you are an advertiser, and you have this info, you can build one HELL of an ad campaign…
Imagine knowing not only what people look at but how and WHY they look at it…that could lead to hyper-personalized advertisements beyond anything we see today. You can literally tailor it to their preferences and physical eyeball reaction time. Slowing ads down for some and speeding up for others for example.
Also, the more data they have the more likely you are to keep using their product interfaces and keep giving MORE data (blood?)
Theory 3: Mind Control
Put your tin foil hats on for this one. But there are experiments that back up some of what I am saying. Certain media can put people in a trance with alpha waves and get them in a more docile state so that they are more accepting of whatever grotesque thing is happening in front of them. Watching murder on TV, for example.
Having data for precise location and precise eye track soon they'll know what you want better than you do. It might be able to show you things you like in a way that you prefer and slowly subvert you to think/ react differently about certain subjects.
An example of this mind control would be the MASK Nazi’s we saw in 2021. If you walked in somewhere without a diaper on your face, some 50-year-old fat lady would tell you to put on a mask even though they aren’t as beneficial as people were told.
What do you think? Comment below.
Of course there is worse-WORSE case scenario: it’s all 3 Theories lol
anyways…
Going Off Grid: Take Baby Steps
Say no to fingerprint, facial recognition, and retinal scans.
Turn your phone off at night.
Turn location settings off unless you absolutely need them.
Turn your wifi off at night.
Go out in the woods.
How about a meme to lighten the mood?
Links:
Mind Control:
https://www.learning-mind.com/mind-control-techniques-media/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/upshot/social-effects-television.html
Brain waves - Beta and Alpha
https://www.learning-mind.com/alpha-waves-brain/
Tracking your Eyes - patents
https://fossbytes.com/apple-wins-patent-for-eye-tracking/
Apple Glass -
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/09/03/apple-is-reinventing-eye-tracking-technology-to-bring-it-to-apple-glass
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/apple-reinvents-eye-tracking-for-cheaper-and-more-efficient-ar-glasses
Optic ID -
https://www.stuff.tv/features/apple-optic-id-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work/