‘I Felt Super Violated’: Men Wearing Meta Glasses on Dates Is an Instant Red Flag
As anxieties over surveillance tech grow, unsuspecting singles are sharing stories of being covertly filmed on dates by Meta smart glasses.
McAnuff, a 28-year-old project manager living in Toronto, recalls her first encounter with Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses on a date in midtown Manhattan. The man she was meeting wore a baseball cap and sported the black-framed glasses, which can record images and video from the wearer's viewpoint. McAnuff had never seen the glasses before and was surprised when he let her try them on and even showed her some videos he had taken previously.
The date ended with her feeling "super violated" after she discovered he had posted a video of them together on Instagram without her knowledge. Meta sold over 7 million pairs of the Ray-Bans in 2025, with the smart glasses becoming a recurring annoyance among singles, particularly women. The trend has earned the hardware the nickname "creep glasses" and sparked debates about the ethics of covert filming on dates.
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