{"id":46060,"date":"2026-08-15T06:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T01:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46060"},"modified":"2026-08-15T06:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T01:11:19","slug":"people-are-going-to-extreme-lengths-to-stop-themselves-from-being-filmed-through-metas-pervert-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46060","title":{"rendered":"People are going to extreme lengths to stop themselves from being filmed through Meta\u2019s \u2018pervert glasses\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">There&#8217;s an ongoing arms race to protect identities and privacy in the age of facial recognition, biometric scanning and data collection. Now, some of those concerns are coming from the influx of wearables, namely, smart glasses, and how to go about protecting oneself from being filmed in public. Some joke about singing <a data-ylk=\"slk:Disney;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Disney&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/disney\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Disney<\/a> songs, others use software, and some have even <a data-ylk=\"slk:resorted;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;resorted&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/techforlife\/comments\/1ouiucg\/anti_video_recording_glassestech\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">resorted<\/a> to physical tricks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">And the concern is warranted: Meta&#8217;s Ray-Ban <a data-ylk=\"slk:Meta;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Meta&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/facebook\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Meta<\/a> Glasses, for example, <a data-ylk=\"slk:have been coined &quot;pervert glasses&quot; for recording;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;have been coined \\&quot;pervert glasses\\&quot; for recording&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/07\/28\/ray-ban-meta-pervert-glasses-secret-videos-women\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">have been coined &#8220;pervert glasses&#8221; for recording<\/a> people undressing, and the company is even being <a data-ylk=\"slk:sued after a study revealed Meta's subcontractors are viewing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;sued after a study revealed Meta's subcontractors are viewing&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/03\/27\/meta-smart-glasses-filming-watching-workers-lawsuit-privacy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">sued after a study revealed Meta&#8217;s subcontractors are viewing<\/a> your most intimate moments. This is all culminating into a real privacy concern as not only is your right to privacy (or lack thereof) in the public realm coming into question, but so is how to stop what you do in public from getting stored on a company&#8217;s servers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">&#8220;We are living in weird times,&#8221; Jim Waldo, a professor of computer science who teaches several technological privacy courses at Harvard, told <em>Fortune<\/em>. &#8220;The technology is changing. It&#8217;s the combination of the Meta Glasses with facial recognition, AI, and a number of other sorts of technologies that are all coming together and putting us in an environment that we just aren&#8217;t prepared to deal with yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full items-center justify-center\" id=\"_R_249bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_249bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_249bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body hidden dark:bg-ramones [&amp;:has(iframe[height='0'])]:mb-0 [&amp;:has(iframe[height='0'])]:pb-0 md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex hidden w-full items-center justify-center\" id=\"_R_449bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_449bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_449bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">The privacy concerns are real\u2014from the <a data-ylk=\"slk:suit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;suit&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/dockets.justia.com\/docket\/california\/candce\/3:2026cv01897\/465369\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">suit<\/a> to data <a data-ylk=\"slk:collection;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;collection&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-ken-paxton-launches-investigation-meta-glasses-protect-texans-privacy-unlawful\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">collection<\/a>, and even the social media content <a data-ylk=\"slk:made;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;made&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@glass__museum\/video\/7631991986928602388\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">made<\/a> with the tech has left people chalking up Meta Glasses as a form of surveillance. Even Meta&#8217;s Instagram has had to act: the platform disabled several accounts thanks to violations of content usage after those accounts amassed millions of followers by streaming live feeds from Meta glasses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">&#8220;We don&#8217;t want harassing content on our platforms and take it down when we find it,&#8221; a spokesperson for Instagram told <em>Fortune<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-mb col-body heading-text-style font-bold charcoal-color\"><strong>A new era of wearable technology<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Gone are the days of &#8220;dumb&#8221; smart wear. No longer are wearables contained to just your fitness trackers or your sleep monitors, they now have cameras with AI built in them. Most prominently in this space are Meta&#8217;s Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, which have cameras <a data-ylk=\"slk:built;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;built&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2023\/09\/new-ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">built<\/a> directly into the frames, allowing users to take photos and videos without pulling out a phone. The glasses also have microphones that capture audio, and Meta has enabled livestreaming directly from the glasses to Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">There&#8217;s a way to tell if you&#8217;re being recorded: the glasses use a white capture LED on the front of the frames that blinks when content is being captured. Meta <a data-ylk=\"slk:says;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;says&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2026\/07\/metas-ai-glasses-your-questions-answered\/amp\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a> the LED cannot be switched off and that the camera is disabled if the LED is covered or blocked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_2a9bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_2a9bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_2a9bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">&#8220;We will keep strengthening our protections as our glasses become even more capable,&#8221; Meta spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby told <em>Fortune<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">But experts are still concerned about the privacy implications of wearable technology. &#8220;They&#8217;re making it safe for the consumer,&#8221; Waldo said. &#8220;They&#8217;re not making it safe for the people around the consumer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">There are also legal implications for the use of these smart glasses in public. Gene Kang, partner at law firm Rivkin Radler LLP, told <em>Fortune<\/em> the technology itself is not necessarily the problem, but that people don&#8217;t know they could be filmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">&#8220;If you&#8217;re holding up your phone to somebody&#8217;s face, they&#8217;re going to know,&#8221; Kang said. In that situation, he explained, there could potentially be an argument for implied consent if the person knows they&#8217;re being recorded and does nothing to object. With the inconspicuous glasses, however, that assumption becomes much harder to make\u2014meaning privacy and consent laws can potentially be invoked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_2f9bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_2f9bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_2f9bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">&#8220;If they&#8217;re not aware that they&#8217;re being recorded, then I think that presents a different issue,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I think they would potentially have a claim there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-mb col-body heading-text-style font-bold charcoal-color\"><strong>Discreet recordings, &#8220;Pick-up artistry&#8221; and data sensitivity<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">According to a <a data-ylk=\"slk:study;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;study&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/preprints\/socarxiv\/wbj2x_v2?ref=404media.co\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> done by University of Sydney researchers, &#8220;pick-up artistry&#8221; <a data-ylk=\"slk:content;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;content&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/popular\/pickup-artist\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">content<\/a> has picked up in recent years. This type of content, spread around social media and mainly perpetrated by individuals in the &#8220;pick-up artist&#8221; <a data-ylk=\"slk:community;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;community&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/resources\/extremist-files\/pickup-artists-alpha-males-self-help\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">community<\/a>, attracts viewers who wish to watch point-of-view reels of women being approached in public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">The study found 60% of over 350 videos analyzed involved behavior classified as potentially harassing. In 43% of the videos, women were subjected to derogatory commentary, and other subjects were identified or doxxed. The study focuses on what the researchers defined as &#8220;ambient capture&#8221;\u2014recording people in their everyday surroundings without them realizing that a camera was pointed at them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">The researchers found a relationship between the apparent covertness of the recording devices and the severity of the harassment. &#8220;We should all be very concerned,&#8221; Dr. Milica Stilinovic, one of the study&#8217;s authors, told <em>Fortune<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-mb col-body heading-text-style font-bold charcoal-color\"><strong>Fighting back<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">The harmful content perpetrated online echoed concerns among consumers, leading them to find avenues to protect themselves. People have started to use face markings to confuse the facial recognition system within the glasses, and a theory has circulated <a data-ylk=\"slk:online;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;online&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/06\/us\/video\/meta-glasses-disney-song-digvid-vrtc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a> to sing copyrighted songs when under suspicion of being recorded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_2n9bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_2n9bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_2n9bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Some individuals have even developed software to help notify users for potential smart glass intrusion. Professor. Dr. Yves Jeanrenaud built an open-source, free software app Nearby Glasses, allowing users\u2014as the name suggests\u2014to be notified when Meta Glasses are nearby. According to its open-source <a data-ylk=\"slk:repository;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;repository&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/yjeanrenaud\/yj_nearbyglasses\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">repository<\/a>, Jeanrenaud developed the app in response to &#8220;an intolerable intrusion, consent neglecting, horrible piece of tech that is already used for making various and tons of equally truely disgusting &#8216;content&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">According to the Google Play <a data-ylk=\"slk:store;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;store&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses&amp;hl=en_US\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">store<\/a>, the app has amassed over 100,000 downloads to date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">And while the app was made to help users stay aware of potential discreet filming, Professor Jeanrenaud included a disclaimer on the use of his technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">&#8220;It&#8217;s still an imperfect approach and probably always will be,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s not all good only because this app exists now. We need better solutions to curb surveillance tech and privacy intrusion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_2s9bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_2s9bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_2s9bmapklueknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Not all of the methods are feasible, however. A recent social media theory has circulated citing Disney songs can protect you from being filmed. The idea is that Disney&#8217;s notorious copyright strikes would be enough to get any unsolicited videos taken down across social media. But according to Kang, hiding behind copyright isn&#8217;t an effective way to protect yourself from discreet filming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">&#8220;If you&#8217;re the person being recorded, you don&#8217;t own any copyright to the composition,&#8221; he explained. However, while he did add that copyright may not be an effective claim, he also said individuals who want to protect themselves should look into privacy claims instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">&#8220;It&#8217;s really a privacy issue,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Which still could be applicable here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">This story was originally featured on <a data-ylk=\"slk:Fortune.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Fortune.com&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/08\/14\/people-stop-filming-meta-pervert-glasses-privacy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Fortune.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an ongoing arms race to protect identities and privacy in the age of facial recognition, biometric scanning and data collection. Now, some of those concerns are coming from the influx of wearables, namely, smart glasses, and how to go about protecting oneself from being filmed in public. 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