Shared Security Podcast
Shared Security Podcast
Tom Eston, Scott Wright, Kevin Tackett
The Privacy Problem With Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
18 minutes Posted Mar 16, 2026 at 4:00 am.
The Privacy Problem With Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
Smart Glasses Privacy Alarm
Can You Spot Recording
Glasses vs Public Surveillance
Do People Notice Cameras
Google Glass and Assistive AI
Facial Recognition Use Cases
LED Hacks and Hidden Recording
Sales Boom and Human Reviewers
What Can Businesses Do
Living Under Constant Recording
Wrap Up and Sign Off
0:00
18:30
Download MP3
Show notes

This episode discusses Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, which blend a camera, microphone, AI features, and social media integration into sunglasses that look like normal fashion eyewear, raising major privacy concerns. It highlights reports that footage captured by the glasses may be reviewed by human contractors to help train Meta’s AI systems, and notes critics’ concerns about how easily people can be recorded in public without their knowledge. Although the glasses include a small LED indicator when recording, many people reportedly don’t notice it.

** Links mentioned on the show **

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans “Pervert Glasses”

https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-ray-ban-smart-pervert-glasses

Meta Employees Are Seeing R-Rated Footage From Its Users’ AI Glasses

https://www.inc.com/ava-levinson/meta-employees-are-seeing-r-rated-footage-footage-from-its-users-ai-glasses/91311763

Think Twice Before Buying or Using Meta’s Ray-Bans

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/think-twice-buying-or-using-metas-ray-bans

** Watch this episode on YouTube **

** Become a Shared Security Supporter **

Get exclusive access to bonus episodes, listen to new episodes before they are released, receive a monthly shout-out on the show, and get a discount code for 15% off merch at the Shared Security store. Become a supporter today by going to our YouTube channel’s membership section: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg9CCDIYkDDqwEZ3UYaxjnA/join

** Thank you to our sponsors! **

SLNT

Visit slnt.com to check out SLNT’s amazing line of Faraday bags and other products built to protect your privacy. As a listener of this podcast you receive 10% off your order at checkout using discount code “sharedsecurity”.

** Subscribe and follow the podcast **

Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SharedSecurityPodcast

Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sharedsecurity.bsky.social

Follow us on Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@sharedsecurity

Join us on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SharedSecurityShow/

Visit our website: https://sharedsecurity.net

Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: https://sharedsecurity.net/subscribe

Sign-up for our email newsletter to receive updates about the podcast, contest announcements, and special offers from our sponsors: https://shared-security.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Leave us a rating and review: https://ratethispodcast.com/sharedsecurity

Contact us: https://sharedsecurity.net/contact

The post The Privacy Problem With Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.