Once a futuristic gadget given screen time in films like Back to the Future Part II and The Terminator , smart glasses are now mainstream, most notably in the form of Meta’s Ray‑Ban frames. But as the technology becomes more common, unsettling testimonies have emerged online of people being filmed without their consent—particularly by strangers or on dates. Amid existing jumpiness around peer‑to‑peer surveillance and deepfakes, the idea that a device indistinguishable from ordinary shades can