Wetherspoons bars smart glasses from filming customers
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); "Meta glasses seem to breach this code, and common sense, by enabling surreptitious surveillance, so our instinct is to say turn off the cameras. MORE CONTEXT DEF CON bans Meta-style 'pervert glasses' Post-privacy AI glasses claim to listen to your every word Smart glasses are only smart if we train them to be good. Then they'll be fantastic Headset hype meets harsh reality as Apple and Meta VR shipments fizzle in 2025 Meta's smart glasses have become shorthand for the wider category of camera-equipped eyewear.Google unveiled Glass in 2012 but failed to turn it into a mainstream consumer product.
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- ▪MORE CONTEXT DEF CON bans Meta-style 'pervert glasses' Post-privacy AI glasses claim to listen to your every word Smart glasses are only smart if we train them to be good.
- ▪Then they'll be fantastic Headset hype meets harsh reality as Apple and Meta VR shipments fizzle in 2025 Meta's smart glasses have become shorthand for the wider category of camera-equipped eyewear.Google unveiled Glass in 2012 but failed t
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| Publication time | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:20:00 +0200 |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); Personal tech Wetherspoons bars smart glasses from filming customers Pub chain says turn off the cameras, reminds punters not to blare sound from phone vids either Connor Jones Connor Jones Cybersecurity reporter Published mon 10 Aug 2026 // 14:20 UTC Wetherspoons has stopped short of banning Meta-style smart glasses from its pubs, but told The Register that customers should switch off their cameras and refrain from filming."Like many hospitality companies, Wetherspoon has CCTV cameras…
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