Meta's smart glasses called 'pervert glasses' after Harvard student doxes strangers with facial recognition

'Pervert glasses': Backlash against Meta's smart glasses grows

A Harvard sophomore used Meta Ray-Ban glasses to film strangers, ran real-time facial recognition to pull names, addresses and phone numbers, then displayed the results on his phone. Two Harvard students he doxed protested publicly; one has sued Meta. Meta points to the LED recording indicator, but the student says it's invisible in daily settings. The core issue isn't whether the tech is possible—it's that Meta sold a stealth-recording device as a consumer product.

Why it matters: A Harvard student used Meta glasses to dox classmates in real time, triggering a lawsuit. The controversy has escalated from a tech demo to a product-liability question. All three HKR axes hit, but the story is still unfolding and Meta hasn't offered a concrete fix — holding b...