With Apple Watch that eavesdrops on conversations, what’s at stake is public perception

I’ve published more than a couple of pieces on this blog trying to raise awareness about the risks of viral photo-editing apps, like FaceApp back in 2019 [pt_BR]. We are curious beings. The promise of looking into a magic mirror that shows us old, as a different gender, or in another era is nearly irresistible — a force that makes many people ignore the warning signs, even the obvious ones. This kind of thing used to be more sporadic and required some effort to take part in — at the very least, downloading a new app —, and a bigger leap of faith in unknown apps. The arrival of ChatGPT’s image generator changed that. The first hit was the Ghibli-studio trend. In early September, the new craze (at least here in Brazil) was photos with a 1980s aesthetic. In practical terms, ChatGPT and those questionable apps of yore are no different in how they treat the content submitted to them. OpenAI’s privacy policy, in fact, is explicit about what was once only speculated due to lack of…

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