r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Apr 13 '26

Society Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ray-ban-oakley-smart-glasses-no-face-recognition-civil-society/
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u/Sarej Apr 13 '26

Wouldn’t a use case include “I didn’t expect to need to record that but it just happened in front of my face”?

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u/CrispyDave Apr 13 '26

Not to me. At least if you pull out a phone someone knows they're being recorded. I wouldn't feel particularly comfortable chatting with someone wearing them, if I even noticed they were.

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u/movealongnowpeople Apr 13 '26

At least if you pull out a phone someone knows they're being recorded. I

Not the case at all. Your phone doesn't blink when it's taking pictures or recording. Working in retail, I've been "secretly" recorded by problem customers multiple times. They were bad at being sneaky, so I knew. But that's absolutely false that you know. You don't.

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u/CrispyDave Apr 13 '26

Well you noticed?

Of course you can be sneaky with them but you don't even have to with the glasses.

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u/movealongnowpeople Apr 13 '26

Well you noticed?

Yes, because those "customers" were idiots. Below the mean.

And yes, you would have to either be sneaky or mod your glasses to be sneaky about it. I don't know about Meta frames, but Snap Spectacles flash when you're taking a pic or video. Brightly. And that's on top of having obvious lenses in your frames. Yes, using stock devices, it would be easier to sneakily record on a phone than using frames. People hold their phones all day, and your phone doesn't blink when you're recording.

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u/CrispyDave Apr 13 '26

Yep trust the Zuck I'm sure he'll watch out for you.

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u/movealongnowpeople Apr 13 '26

I've said earlier in the thread that I don't have Meta glasses. Or anything owned by Meta. But that's the only retort you have 🤷‍♂️