00:02Just because you're wearing them doesn't mean you're in control.
00:06All it takes is a brief window when the glasses are switched on but not yet paired
00:10and they're hijacked using nothing but Bluetooth.
00:14You can record video, you can take photos and you can also download their prior save data.
00:20There's zero scope required.
00:21Privacy fears about smart glasses are nothing new
00:24but it's the first time people wearing the glasses have had their own reason to worry.
00:29The ABC commissioned security testing for two sets of smart glasses costing $60 and $110
00:36which found more than a dozen serious security flaws.
00:40In this case there wasn't a single thing that they had done correctly.
00:44The pairs we tested are typical of the new wave of cheaper models sold here in recent months
00:49and so far they all use the same phone app called Hey Cyan.
00:53That means they also share security flaws.
00:55I can completely lock somebody out of the glasses once I have taken them over.
01:01It's even possible to look up the owner's details using only their device ID number.
01:06It's equivalent of having your email address and your date of birth just tattooed on your forehead.
01:11The findings have horrified legal experts.
01:14It doesn't meet the cyber security standards and it doesn't meet Australian consumer law.
01:18So no I wouldn't be selling them.
01:20Even without a hacker in the frame your data can wind up in some surprising places.
01:25Anything you say or type into the AI companion along with any images you submit are sent to a server
01:30in China.
01:31From there your data might be sent to another Chinese company or the US but you won't be told.
01:37The ABC contacted Hey Cyan's Chinese parent company about the security flaws but never got a reply.
01:43Why?
01:43Why?
01:43Why?
01:43Why?
01:43Why?
01:43Why?
01:43Why?
01:44P confrontation
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