Recording devices are already banned in many courts across the country, even if they haven\u2019t yet explicitly called out smart glasses. Two people who showed up to court in Los Angeles, California, while wearing smart glasses this past February were admonished by the judge<\/a>. Zuckerberg was testifying in a case that alleged Instagram was designed to be addictive to kids. Meta was ultimately found liable in that suit<\/a>.<\/p>\n Courts\u2019 resistance only the latest in backlash against smart glasses <\/p>\n The resurgence of smart glasses, including Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses<\/a>, has led to massive public backlash among people worried about privacy. Nicknames for the glasses have emerged on social media, including \u201cpervert glasses,\u201d because they\u2019re often used to record people without their consent.<\/p>\n Influencers have been using the glasses to capture footage of women who likely don\u2019t know they\u2019re being recorded, including a San Diego man named Cameron John or Comron who goes by the handle Rizzzcam. The manfluencer, who has over 1.8 million subscribers on Instagram, approaches women he doesn\u2019t know in public and compliments them repeatedly until he asks for their number.<\/p>\n Most women don\u2019t appear to know they\u2019re being recorded and John has been physically attacked<\/a> by people frustrated with his antics. John promotes an app called RizzMaxed that uses AI to allow men to practice approaching women they find attractive. RizzMaxed Pro is a subscription service in the app that costs $5 per week.<\/p>\n Meta\u2019s glasses have an LED light that illuminates when it\u2019s recording but it\u2019s not hard to cover the light. Companies that make smart glasses have touted their supposed safety features, but the public still has a natural tendency to be skeptical of claims being made by tech companies.<\/p>\n There are also the aesthetic issues that have drawn criticism. Snap\u2019s recently announced AR glasses called Specs<\/a>, for example, look like a parody of what tech-enabled glasses should look like.<\/p>\n They\u2019re bulky and weird, exactly the kind of design that makes it harder to hide the fact that you\u2019re wearing something so dorky.<\/p>\n Despite the backlash, some disability activists has touted the positive aspects of smart glasses. Meta launched a program in June to give free smart glasses to every blind veteran in America.<\/p>\n ![\"Snap](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/snap-specs-evan.jpg\")
\u00a9 Joe Scarnici \/ Getty Images <\/p>\n