Glamour Doesn't Cancel Out the Camera

Meta got caught with facial recognition code on 50 million phones. Weeks later, it launched camera glasses fronted by Kylie Jenner, her name, her voice, her home life. I don't think that's a coincidence. This is what the campaign is actually selling, and who's expected to buy it.

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Meta Smart Glasses and the Privacy Problem

When my roofer walked through my front door wearing Meta smart glasses that were actively recording, I didn't know how to respond. I wish I had. That moment opened up a much larger question: who is protecting bystanders from a technology that records first and asks permission never? From Meta's shifting data policies to the complete absence of federal privacy law in the United States, the ethical and regulatory gaps around smart glasses are wider than most people realize.

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