{"id":8393,"date":"2026-01-28T22:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/meta-glasses-fans\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T22:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:11:51","slug":"meta-glasses-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/meta-glasses-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worst People Alive Are Obsessed With Meta\u2019s Video Recording Glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There\u2019s something about smart glasses that bring out the worst in people. It\u2019s really no mystery, though: they\u2019re powerful little surveillance devices that let wearers secretly record anyone they\u2019re looking at, uniting tech bros and vapid influencers under the same, obnoxious umbrella.<\/p>\n

The popularity of wearables like Meta Ray-Bans<\/a> are quickly reminding us why the slang term \u201cglasshole\u201d was already a thing over a decade ago, and is now becoming more relevant than ever. In a handy but blood-pressure-raising round-up of contemporary glasshole behavior from Mashable<\/em><\/a>, j<\/strong>erks using the always-on devices are using them to film themselves doing moronic \u201cpranks\u201d for views \u2014 often centered around harassing women, service workers, and homeless people.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, one class of obnoxious blowhard that\u2019s discovered the utility of this tech are \u201cpickup artists,\u201d who now have the ability to record the women they\u2019re \u201cseducing\u201d \u2014 read: harassing \u2014 discreetly, in a clear violation of their privacy.<\/p>\n

Of course, smart glasses alone can\u2019t be blamed for this. It\u2019s social media, it\u2019s the attention economy, it\u2019s the smartphones that we all use to participate in all of the above. But it\u2019s undeniable that smart glasses let you record anyone and anything far more stealthily than shoving a phone in someone\u2019s face, making it a godsend for creeps and losers looking for internet fame, such as one Instagram account that nonconsensually filmed women\u2019s butts, and another that visits massage parlors to ogle the masseuses. Others confidently film themselves annoying service workers and keeping the camera going even as the subject asks not to be recorded. And a particularly bizarre channel involves a man pretending to be mentally disabled while talking to unsuspecting firefighters.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, these recordings are generally legal if they\u2019re taken in public spaces, even in states that have two-party consent laws. Debating its legality, though, may be missing the point, argues Brad Podray, a content creator who formerly went by the name Scumbag Dad.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it\u2019s legal. I don\u2019t care,\u201d Podray told Mashable<\/em>. \u201cThat\u2019s not the discussion. I think it\u2019s weird and creepy, and it shows a very predatory mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n

The appeal of the smart glasses, he said, is that they\u2019re fairly cheap and allow the creators to capture the candid reactions of the people they harass, making their content feel more authentic. This is spicing up the genre of outlandish prank videos, which lost their appeal as many channels staged their exploits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want people who are good on camera, so they\u2019re going to hit fast food employees, and they\u2019re going to hit pretty girls,\u201d Podray said. \u201cA lot of random women walking around aren\u2019t going to want to participate in a skit if you ask them to, so they remove the agency entirely by just running the glasses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unlike when Google first took a stab at smart glasses in 2014, it looks like this time the tech is here to stay. The popularity of products like Meta Ray-Bans has opened up a new market of imitators who are in an arms race to make their smart glasses as ethically dubious as possible<\/a>, perhaps with a little help from AI or facial recognition software<\/a>. But regular people are already getting fed up. When one lady allegedly smashed some dude\u2019s smart glasses on the subway, she was universally hailed as a hero<\/a>. May smart glasses make heroes of us all.<\/p>\n

More on<\/strong> wearables<\/strong>: A Man Bought Meta\u2019s AI Glasses, and Ended Up Wandering the Desert Searching for Aliens to Abduct Him<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post The Worst People Alive Are Obsessed With Meta\u2019s Video Recording Glasses<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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