Wearing Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses for Surveillance Reveals a Real Privacy Problem

A Verge writer reflects on the uncomfortable experience of handling others' private information while testing smart glasses. The piece draws on Netflix's 'A Man on the Inside,' where Ted Danson plays a widower-turned-spy who uses Ray-Ban Meta glasses to covertly gather information inside a retirement home. The show, the writer argues, inadvertently highlights one of the most pressing cultural issues surrounding smart glasses today. Hollywood has long shaped — and distorted — public expectations of wearable tech, but this portrayal stands out for capturing the ethical weight of surveillance in everyday settings.