Provenance record

Privacy watchdog launches probe into China-based company behind Kmart ‘pervert glasses’ app

The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1, news) 2026-10-06T23:58:23.000Z Original ↗

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confidence 70% · 1 item

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Single-model reading. This item did not meet the threshold for a multi-model panel.

Cyber capability Human agency and epistemics Concentration of power

Excerpt as ingested

Commissioner said Shenzhen Qingcheng, the app maker behind the HeyCyan app in the smartglasses, failed to respond to her inquiries Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian privacy regulator has opened an investigation into the China-based software company behind the HeyCyan app in Kmart’s $89 smartglasses, following public outrage over the covert use of the devices. In August, Guardian Australia reported Kmart had sold out of the Anko-branded discount version of Meta’s smartglasses that can capture images and record high-definition video, which led to widespread concern and calls to ban or restrict their use. Continue reading...

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Model	Provider	Stage	Score	Conf.	Latency	Prompt	When
Llama 3.3 70B	Meta	analysis	-50	70%	3483ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-10-07 00:17

Llama 3.3 70B · reading

Investigation into privacy concerns

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Evidence extracted

Shenzhen Qingcheng failed to respond to inquiries
Kmart sold out of Anko-branded smartglasses
Smartglasses can capture images and record video

The chain

SOURCE     The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT   e006962f-9e45-45d4-9bf9-3c741bfc93c5
           https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/07/privacy-regulator-probe-kmart-anko-meta-smartglasses-australia
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EVIDENCE   3 extracted excerpts
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MODEL RUN  1 run, methodology 1.0.1
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SCORE      -50  (Adverse)
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CONFIDENCE 70%