Meta launches camera-free Ray-Ban glasses after 'pervert glasses' backlash
The company introduced audio-only smart glasses to address privacy concerns and criticism over secret filming.
What to know
- Meta released camera-free Ray-Ban Audio glasses ($349) in response to backlash over secret filming and the 'pervert glasses' label.
- The company continues selling camera-equipped Gen 3 glasses ($449+) and faces a California lawsuit alleging workers viewed private footage during AI training.
- UK venues have restricted camera glasses, and users have found ways to disable warning lights meant to signal recording.
“Meta also faces a proposed class action lawsuit in California. It claims workers training Meta's AI viewed footage of people's private moments, including people changing clothes.”
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UK venues restrict camera-equipped glasses — Several UK restaurants, pubs, and theaters have implemented restrictions on Meta's camera glasses in response to privacy concerns.
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Meta faces legal challenge over AI training footage — Meta faces a proposed class action lawsuit in California alleging that workers training the company's AI viewed footage of people's private moments, including people changing clothes. Meta disputes the claims and plans to fight them.
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Privacy concerns drove the camera removal — Critics dubbed Meta's camera glasses 'pervert glasses' after reports of people secretly filming others in public and disabling warning lights meant to indicate recording. Some wearers manipulated the small warning light that signals when recording is active.
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“Critics started calling Meta's camera glasses 'pervert glasses' after reports of people secretly filming others in public.”
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