January 2026: a BBC investigation found women being secretly filmed with Ray-Ban Meta glasses after being approached in public. footage posted to TikTok. February 2026: Nairobi-based contractors hired to train Meta's AI reviewed recordings of people undressing, using bathrooms, and having sex. captured by the glasses. reviewed by humans in an overseas call center. April 2026: the ACLU and 75 organizations wrote to Meta urging them to abandon facial recognition in the glasses entirely. May 2026: Meta patched the recording indicator. because users had been taping over the LED that signals recording. for months. October 2026: Norway announced plans to ban them. October 2026: EU privacy watchdog calls for mandatory recording signals. the existing signal is a small LED. it sits at the top of the frame. it is easy to miss. it is easy to tape over. Meta patched against the tape. users found new ways around it. Two Harvard students in 2024 demonstrated that you can combine Meta glasses with a facial recognition search engine and identify a stranger's name, home address, phone number, and employer in real time. just by looking at them, using commercially available glasses and free tools. they tested it on strangers who consented afterward every identification was accurate. a recording signal can tell you the camera is on. it doesn't tell you what the AI is doing with what it sees.