In a Guardian Opinion video, columnist Kirsty Major explains why she remains unconvinced by Meta's smart glasses, which have been dubbed "pervert glasses" by critics over their potential for covert filming. The piece highlights growing concern about the devices being used to record people without consent, reflecting wider anxieties about privacy and surveillance as wearable AI technology becomes more mainstream.

The activist group Everyone Hates Elon has run guerrilla adverts criticising non-consensual filming with the glasses and launched an email campaign urging people to object to being filmed under GDPR rules, gathering more than 20,000 signatures. Rights groups have warned the glasses threaten privacy rights, and Germany is reportedly weighing a ban, while Meta's own safety guidelines prohibit using the glasses for harassment or capturing sensitive information — despite which women have shared accounts online of being filmed by men without permission.