This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He’s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy

Rhys, right, was sent this photo of himself taken at a Melbourne cafe by a stranger wearing Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses Photograph: Supplied

One summer day earlier this year, Rhys left a cafe in Melbourne where he had been working remotely, when his phone pinged with a message on the dating app Grindr.

The message was a photo of him sitting at a table outside the cafe on his laptop, with his dog seated on the ground next to him. In the foreground, in a man’s hand was an iPhone unlocked.