{"id":24280,"date":"2026-08-06T07:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/im-not-spying-how-metas-smartglasses-have-divided-opinion\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T07:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:37:26","slug":"im-not-spying-how-metas-smartglasses-have-divided-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/im-not-spying-how-metas-smartglasses-have-divided-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m not spying\u2019: how Meta\u2019s smartglasses have divided opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While some users say the wearables have changed their lives, critics voice fears over safety and privacy<\/p>\n<p>With more than 7m pairs reportedly sold in 2025, Meta\u2019s Ray-Ban smartglasses are fast becoming one of the world\u2019s most popular gadgets.<\/p>\n<p>While supporters say they are transforming photography and accessibility, critics have raised concerns about nonconsensual filming, privacy and data collection.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/aug\/06\/meta-ai-smart-glasses-privacy\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fad5c45a11f3ade164524f15eed6c4c3f260aa88\/497_0_4711_3769\/master\/4711.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=bcef2de5c4f78a6634c7db55febe20a9\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019m not spying\u2019: how Meta\u2019s smartglasses have divided opinion\" \/>While some users say the wearables have changed their lives, critics voice fears over safety and privacy<br \/>\nWith more than 7m pairs reportedly sold in 2025, Meta\u2019s Ray-Ban smartglasses are fast becoming one of the world\u2019s most popular gadgets.<br \/>\nWhile supporters say they are transforming photography and accessibility, critics have raised concerns about nonconsensual filming, privacy and data collection. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some users say the wearables have changed their lives, critics voice fears over safety and privacy With more than 7m pairs reportedly sold in 2025, Meta\u2019s Ray-Ban smartglasses are fast becoming one of the world\u2019s most popular gadgets. While supporters say they are transforming photography and accessibility, critics have raised concerns about nonconsensual filming, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/im-not-spying-how-metas-smartglasses-have-divided-opinion\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018I\u2019m not spying\u2019: how Meta\u2019s smartglasses have divided opinion<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24280"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}