We stop thinking about the data that were giving away because its cool Smart tech and the decline of public privacy

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News Summary

  • In 2025 alone, over 7 million people bought Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses.
  • Meta’s Vice President of Fashion, Eva Chen, explained that the new frames are built "to blend into and be a part of your personal style" This strategy illustrates what digital rights advocates say is a deliberate reframing of surveillance tools.
  • While smart glasses have been criticized for their potential to covertly record people, many emerging wearables — from AI pendants to sensor-equipped earbuds — do not record visual footage at all.
Since the mass adoption of CCTV, we have accepted for the most part giving up a degree of personal privacy in exchange for public safety.

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