Meta glasses viewed skeptically over privacy & other concerns
How to spot — and respond to — smart-glasses recording
Camera-equipped glasses can look almost identical to ordinary eyewear, making it difficult to know when someone is taking photographs, recording video or using an AI service to analyze what they see. Look for the recording light Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses display a small white light on the front
James R. Hood
August 6, 2026
Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ are being shown the door over privacy fears
Restaurants, pubs and theaters are beginning to ban Meta’s camera-equipped smart glasses
James R. Hood
August 6, 2026
Meta wants smart-glasses buyers to pay monthly for a feature their glasses already run
Meta is putting monthly usage limits on Conversation Focus, a smart-glasses feature that helps users hear nearby speech more clearly in noisy places
James R. Hood
July 5, 2026
Meta quietly removes facial recognition code after backlash over smart glasses app
Consumer groups warn the move may be temporary and are calling for stronger biometric privacy laws and enforcement
James R. Hood
June 11, 2026
Meta’s smart glasses may be getting facial recognition, reigniting privacy fears
The unreleased system could allow wearers to identify people in public and receive alerts when a face is recognized
James R. Hood
June 5, 2026
Texas probing Meta Glasses, Disney being sued for allegedly using facial recognition at its parks
Meta subcontractors in Kenya monitoring Texans’ movements, the state charges
James R. Hood
May 20, 2026
Meta glasses brighten some days, darken others
Privacy fears may overshadow the interest of blind and vision-impaired people
James R. Hood
March 31, 2026
Our outraged editor tests Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and finds them more than adequate
Everything worked a bit better than expected, but an alert waiter was quick to call us out
James R. Hood
