New York will ban smart glasses from all 1,240 courts starting July 20, becoming the first US state to do so. The ban covers any eyewear capable of recording audio or video. Meanwhile, Meta is rolling out a mandatory update that disables the camera entirely if its recording LED is tampered with or removed — a response to a cottage industry of people physically defeating the privacy indicator. The irony: Meta is simultaneously testing always-on 'super-sensing' prototype glasses that would snap photos every few seconds without activating any recording light, raising deeper questions about consent and surveillance. Privacy advocates are alarmed by the pattern, pointing to Meta's history with facial recognition and AI training data controversies.
