Did someone wearing Meta Glasses film you today? Are you sure?
People say they’ve been secretly filmed in their own home, at concerts and at work. Are the wildly popular smartglasses the final nail in the coffin of personal privacy? “I’ve had one person who told me that their intentions were creepy,” a man tells me over a video call, on condition of anonymity. He’s based in Los Angeles, and while we speak, he eats what appears to be tuna directly out of the…
Recent months have seen a surge in reports of individuals claiming to have been covertly filmed using Meta's popular smart glasses. The question arises: are these devices a threat to personal privacy? One man, speaking on condition of anonymity, recounted how someone in a Los Angeles strip club used the glasses to record performers discreetly, opting for the glasses over a pocket phone for convenience.
The man runs a business called Ghost Metas, among numerous other vendors online, that specialize in disabling the smart glasses' LED light, which alerts others when photos, videos, or audio is being captured. Once Ghost Metas has tampered with the LED, the wearer's activity becomes completely unseen.
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