… EssilorLuxottica, which manufactures the Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses with Meta, did not respond to a request for comment. Woodrow Hartzog, a privacy law professor at Boston University, says even opt-in protection—should Meta eventually offer it—would be thin. …
The coalition, which includes the ACLU, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Fight for the Future, Access Now, and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, is demanding Meta kill the feature before launch, after internal documents surfaced showing the company hoped to use the curr… …
… The man in the glasses, she adds, “didn't seem to understand that it could be very off-putting to record someone first without asking.” This type of encounter is becoming more common, to judge by a proliferation of social media accounts in which content creators use smart glasses to record their pu… …
… If you do chicken out, check out our buying guides to the Best Smart Glasses or the Best Workout Headphones for more. Last year, Meta upgraded the original Meta Ray-Ban Wayfarers that became a smash hit. These are Meta’s entry-level glasses, and they come in a variety of lens styles. …
Meta has been quietly stashing dormant face recognition code on more than 50 million phones, WIRED reported this week, tucked inside the companion app that pairs with its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses. …
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