Meta Announces Private Processing for Ray-Ban Glasses
The social-media giant brings encrypted AI processing to smart glasses amid privacy criticism.
What to know
- Meta is adding Private Processing—encryption technology that keeps AI data away from Meta—to Ray-Ban smart glasses, but no timeline or specific features have been confirmed.
- The announcement occurs amid years of privacy criticism and 2026 controversy over facial recognition and surveillance fears around the glasses themselves.
- The company plans to collaborate with security and privacy communities and third-party auditors before full deployment, signaling a shift toward addressing trust concerns.
“Some people have dubbed them 'pervert glasses,' confronted people wearing them, and even built apps like ZuckOff to detect Meta's smart glasses nearby.”
Wired, Reporter · Wired ↗ · Sep 22
Meta Technology companyPritam Shah Director of engineering, Meta
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Pritam Shah explains rollout strategy and timeline uncertainty
Meta's director of engineering Pritam Shah stated the platform is ready and working, emphasizing the company will work with security and privacy communities and third-party auditors before full deployment. However, Shah confirmed no timeline exists for when Private Processing will be added to glasses or which features it will support.
“We have the platform ready. We have it working. It's not just a white paper and a blog.”
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# Meta Pinky Promises Its # SmartGlasses Will Be Private Soon The company is bringing its Private Processing # encryption service to its much-maligned # smartglasses . # security # privacy # ai # artificialintelligence # pinkypromise https://www. wired.com/story/meta-pinky-pro mises-its-smart-glasses-are-going-to-be-private-soon/
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Meta plans to bring Private Processing to Ray-Ban Meta glasses, letting their AI assistant fulfill users' requests without Meta accessing their data (Wired) https://www. wired.com/story/meta-pinky-pro mises-its-smart-glasses-are-going-to-be-private-soon/ http://www. techmeme.com/260923/p55#a26092 3p55
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Meta announces Private Processing for Ray-Ban smart glasses — At its annual Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, Meta unveiled plans to incorporate Private Processing—a siloed AI processing scheme—into Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The feature, previously deployed on WhatsApp, would allow the glasses' AI assistant to fulfill requests without Meta accessing user data.