You bought a pair of glasses. You wore them around your house, maybe in the bathroom, maybe changing clothes.
And strangers in Nairobi were watching.
An investigation by Swedish outlet Svenska Dagbladet has revealed that Meta's AI smart glasses are sending video and audio recordings (including footage of naked bodies, bathroom activities, and unblurred bank card numbers) to human data annotators at a Meta subcontractor in Kenya.
Workers there, bound by NDAs, described what they see every day. "We see everything — from living rooms to naked bodies." Another said: "You understand that it is someone's private life you are looking at, but at the same time, you are just expected to carry out the work. You are not supposed to question it. If you start asking questions, you are gone."
Meta says users control their own settings. The terms of service say human review may occur depending on your settings, with no opt-out option for mandatory AI training data.
7 million pairs were sold in 2025 alone. Meta is reportedly pushing to double production to 20 million by end of year.
They're also working on adding facial recognition directly into the glasses. Two Harvard students already demonstrated they could identify a stranger on the street and find their home address using the glasses and existing software.
A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District of California. It says consumers purchased these glasses in reliance on Meta's privacy assurances and could not reasonably have known their bedrooms, bathrooms, and bodies would be viewed by strangers worldwide.
This is the surveillance economy. Your data is worth more than the $799 you paid for the glasses.
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