In January, the New York Police Department’s counterterrorism 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.
“The ability to covertly record inside a law enforcement or detention facility, could result in a security risk if proprietary information about cell layouts, camera placements, or officer patrol/site protection routines are released,” the memo read.
They already fucking do. They even got rid of the light indicating it’s actively recording.
IDK, about 5% of my nerdy co-workers wear them, and even though heavy-rimmed glasses look kinda-normal on them, it wasn’t 90 seconds before I noticed all the new lenses peeking out of the frames - and once you see that it’s impossible to un-see that, find yourself “flagging” everyone who is wearing them.