# What the Ray-Ban Meta knows about you Made by Meta. 13 findings on record, 12 verified against primary sources. Every line is checked; a maker's claim is labeled as a claim, and we say so when nothing is on record. ## Bystander recording In 2024, Harvard students demonstrated a pipeline using Ray-Ban Meta glasses to stream live video, run facial recognition, and look up strangers' names, addresses, and employers within seconds. No hardware modification was needed. The glasses show no recording light when streaming this way. - Posture: Unverified - As of: 2024-10-01 - Source: 404 Media: Harvard Students Used Meta AI Glasses to Identify Strangers in Real Time, October 2024 (https://www.404media.co/harvard-students-used-meta-ai-glasses-to-identify-strangers-in-real-time/) ## Cloud upload The glasses always listen for the wake phrase through always-on microphones. The Look and Ask feature sends your full camera view to Meta's servers for AI analysis every time you use it. - Posture: Verified - As of: 2023-09-27 - Source: Meta Smart Glasses Privacy Overview (https://www.meta.com/smart-glasses/privacy/) ## Capture indicator The recording LED lights during standard video recording but does NOT light when you are live-streaming through Meta View's connected-streaming pathway. Bystanders near an actively streaming user have no reliable visual cue that they are being captured. - Posture: Verified - As of: 2024-10-01 - Source: Meta Smart Glasses Help Center (https://www.meta.com/help/smart-glasses/) ## Data retention Meta stores your voice recordings and transcripts for up to one year by default to improve its AI. Accidental activations are deleted within 90 days. - Posture: Verified - As of: 2025-07-22 - Source: primary source (https://www.meta.com/au/legal/ai-glasses/voice-controls-privacy-notice/) ## Third-party sharing Meta shares glasses data with vendors and service providers, with Luxottica for customer service and marketing, and with outside services when you ask the glasses to do something like play music. - Posture: Verified - As of: 2026-06-16 - Source: primary source (https://www.meta.com/legal/privacy-policy/) ## Data deletion control You can access and delete your voice recordings and transcripts anytime in the Meta AI App, and download them using Meta's Download Your Information tool. - Posture: Verified - As of: 2025-07-22 - Source: primary source (https://www.meta.com/au/legal/ai-glasses/voice-controls-privacy-notice/) ## Training data use Voice recordings and transcripts from the glasses are stored by default and used to train Meta's AI and speech models. Any image you ask Meta AI to analyze may also be used to improve Meta's AI. The only opt-out is not using the AI features at all. - Posture: Verified - As of: 2025-07-22 - Source: primary source (https://www.meta.com/au/legal/ai-glasses/voice-controls-privacy-notice/) ## On-device processing Audio is processed on the glasses and in the Meta AI App. Cloud processing of media is optional, not automatic, though voice interactions with Meta AI are sent to Meta's servers. - Posture: Verified - As of: 2026-06-16 - Source: primary source (https://www.meta.com/legal/privacy-policy/) ## Location tracking Meta collects location-related info from the glasses when you enable Location Services on your paired phone. The Meta AI service may also use your general location from images to understand what you are looking at. - Posture: Verified - As of: 2026-06-16 - Source: primary source (https://www.meta.com/legal/privacy-policy/) ## Location tracking Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses collect photos, videos, and audio captured via cameras and microphones, date and time of content creation, general or precise location via mobile device Location Services, device performance and system logs, and voice interactions with Meta AI including audio recordings and transcripts; raw images of surroundings are processed on-device. - Posture: Verified - As of: 2026-06-17 - Source: primary source (https://www.meta.com/legal/privacy-policy/) ## Data sale Meta exchanges certain information with Luxottica Group including activation data, aggregated marketing and usage insights, and customer service information; voice recordings, transcripts, and related data about voice conversations with Meta AI are shared with vendors and service providers for AI training; the policy does not state that personal data is sold. - Posture: Verified - As of: 2026-06-17 - Source: primary source (https://www.meta.com/legal/privacy-policy/) ## Data deletion control Ray-Ban Meta users can change preferences about location data collection in mobile device settings, change choices about cloud processing of media at any time in Settings, manage voice storage to improve voice controls in Settings, access and delete recordings and transcripts in the Meta AI App, and exercise broader access, rectification, portability, and erasure rights via the Privacy Center. - Posture: Verified - As of: 2026-06-17 - Source: primary source (https://www.meta.com/legal/privacy-policy/) ## On-device processing Live stream content is not stored on the AI Glasses after finishing a live streaming session or in the App; caption and translation audio recordings are deleted after the feature is used; raw image data of surroundings is processed on-device; the policy does not explicitly mention encryption of data at rest or in transit. - Posture: Verified - As of: 2026-06-17 - Source: primary source (https://www.meta.com/legal/privacy-policy/) --- Register the Ray-Ban Meta at https://deploy.report/my to be told when any of this changes.