Smart glasses were being used to secretly film women 12 years ago
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The privacy risks of putting a camera on somebody's face weren't merely predictable — they were predicted. Women were raising concerns about men using Google Glass to record them more than a decade ago.And yet here we are again.
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- ▪Women were raising concerns about men using Google Glass to record them more than a decade ago.And yet here we are again.
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| Original publisher | TechRadar |
| Canonical URL | https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/these-should-never-have-got-out-of-the-lab-smart-glasses-are-being-used-to-secretly-film-women-and-im-angry-we-learned-nothing-from-google-glass-12-years-ago |
| Publication time | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:15:08 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-24T15:20:26.382Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-24T15:20:26.382Z |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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Computing Software Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality ‘These should never have got out of the lab’ — smart glasses are being used to secretly film women, and I'm angry we learned nothing from Google Glass 12 years ago Opinion By Graham Barlow Published 24 September 2026 The new Meta Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses don’t have a camera, but is it too little, too late? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Shutterstock / Hattanas / Alexander Fedosov) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter One of the advantages of having written about tech for as long as I…
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