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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Johana Bhuiyan

US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them

Mark Zuckerberg speaks as a giant image of Ray-Ban smart glasses appears on screen
The Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, delivers a speech, as a giant image of Ray-Ban smart glasses appears on screen, in Menlo Park, California, on 27 September 2023. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

In January, the New York police department’s counter-terrorism unit sent out a memo warning police officers about a new potential “security and counterintelligence” threat: Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

The memo directed officers to “conduct thorough inspections of all eyewear permitted within inmate cells” and cautioned that people who have been arrested could use these glasses, equipped with small cameras and microphones, to record inside police facilities. The memo cited two examples of such videos posted on social media.

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