Bug turns one of the biggest fears about Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses into reality

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• Ars Technica
  Bug turns one of the biggest fears about Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses into reality

  Some Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses were recording people’s conversations without the wearer knowing. The recordings occurred without users saying the prompt phrase (“Hey, Meta”), in a bug that Meta says has been fixed. This week, some users reported online that their Ray-Ban Metas were recording without their consent. A person going by Kindly-Audience-137 on Reddit, for example, said this happened to them across three Meta Ray-Bans and that they had the “Respond without Hey Meta” setting turned off. The person said the Meta AI app “saves audio recordings and text transcripts of these conversations in my conversation history.” “I believe this deserves a serious technical investigation. Customers should not have to wonder whether their private conversations are being captured when they have not intentionally activated their glasses’ AI assistant,” the Reddit user said. Read full article Comments ]]>

  Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:11:50 GMT

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1. 2026-10-16 19:11Ars Technica — Bug turns one of the biggest fears about Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses into reality