Fortune· 1h ago· 1 min read
Some people fear heights. Others fear the dark. Some increasingly fear ending up in a stranger’s Instagram Reel, recorded without their knowledge by a pair of what the internet has taken to calling “pervert glasses.”
These would be the same Ray-Ban Meta glasses that Mark Zuckerberg has spent years pitching as one of AI’s first breakout consumer products. It turns out the glasses can answer questions, translate language, capture photos, livestream hands-free — and record videos surreptitiously.
Instagram is cracking down on videos recorded using Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, whose built-in camera allows users to capture photos and videos hands-free, after prank videos and clips of pickup artists secretly recording women in public spread across social media. The trend has fueled privacy concerns around the glasses and earned them an unflattering nickname online: “ pervert glasses…
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