… Real-time face recognition, the group warned, would compound what it called the “already serious and apparently unlawful” privacy risks of the existing Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which can covertly record bystanders with no warning beyond a small light that is easily hidden. …
… Instagram has faced more of that pressure than most, given its younger user base and its track record of CSAM-related enforcement actions. WhatsApp, which has a more legally defined privacy expectation baked into its identity, is a harder target for the same argument. …
… It doesn’t matter that Meta says that its glasses cannot record if the light is tampered with. 404 Media reported that a $60 mod could disable the light. Anecdotally, one day, the privacy light on my spouse’s pair just stopped working. …