Meta · The Guardian Technology
He’s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy
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One summer day earlier this year, Rhys left a cafe in Melbourne where he had been working remotely, when his phone pinged with a message on the dating app Grindr.
Key facts
- Researchers at the University of Sydney analysed 350 publicly-available Instagram videos shot on smartglasses from around the world during 2023 to 2026, showing what they said was “a shift
- Both Innes and Edwards acknowledge privacy concerns, but Innes says “that horse bolted 15 years ago when they got smartphones
- Chris Edwards, Vision Australia’s chief mission officer, says his life fundamentally changed when he got the Meta Ray-Bans two years ago, with the main benefit being the devices are hands-free
- Meta says it has sold more than 7m of the glasses worldwide
Summary
The message was a photo of him sitting at a table outside the cafe on his laptop, with his dog seated on the ground next to him. The photo had been taken moments before with Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses, unbeknown to Rhys. “He wrote something about my dog being cute and apologised for not saying hi,” says Rhys, who asked that his surname not be used. Rhys never noticed a flash, despite Meta Ray-Bans requiring an LED light to alert others to the device filming or taking pictures.