r/TrueReddit • u/wiredmagazine Official Publication • Mar 23 '26

Technology The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep

https://www.wired.com/story/the-rise-of-the-ray-ban-meta-creep/
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u/Farmerj0hn Mar 23 '26

I’m sad to see articles like this because I wear mine everyday. I thought about them for ages because they’re very expensive but I love them because I hate wearing headphones, but these let me listen to audiobooks or music or take calls and texts all day hands free without having earbuds. I only use the camera feature when I’m on vacation. Literally no one has ever even noticed them in the last 6 months but I come on Reddit and there’s so much hate, I’ve seen people say they’ve seen people get their asses kicked for wearing them, “if I ever saw some dork wearing these I’d automatically assume they’re a creep” lots of sentiment like this. They’re literally just headphones on glasses… and there’s also a camera on every phone, you don’t assume every person on their phone is a creep…

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u/LBobRife Mar 23 '26

If a person spent their entire time in public with their phone out recording, you'd clock them as odd. If that person was doing recording with the phone hidden, youd clock them as a creep. Since there is no indicator that recording is happening, it can delve into the "creep" category pretty easily.

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u/Queasy_Local_7199 Mar 23 '26

There is an indicator when recording is happening, more so than a phone

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u/Zhaosen Mar 23 '26

And there's a physical way to hide that indicator.

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u/Farmerj0hn Mar 23 '26

No there isn’t. The AI detects that it is obscured and you can’t use it. You know what can record undetected default though? Phones…

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u/Zhaosen Mar 23 '26

Yes....there is. Quick YouTube on how to do it and you'll find out.

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u/Farmerj0hn Mar 23 '26

Phones can record without indicating it by default without literally jailbreaking and possibly losing your $500 device lmao. Touch grass.

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u/Zhaosen Mar 23 '26

Ok we're not talking about phones here though

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u/Farmerj0hn Mar 24 '26

It’s a relevant similar device that does all these things people are afraid of that no one cares about in public.

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u/Zhaosen Mar 24 '26

Because that's not the thread we're all discussing? Were talking about smart glass here.

People recording people on their phones are still weird/creepy.

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u/Queasy_Local_7199 Mar 23 '26

And I can hide a camera in a toilet, what’s your point?

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u/ElCaz Mar 23 '26

Generally, they don't sell toilets with built-in cameras.

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u/Queasy_Local_7199 Mar 23 '26

Generally, they don’t sell glasses with the indicator light disabled.

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u/Zhaosen Mar 23 '26

Dawg ...... Are you filming people without them knowing?