Camera glasses and the right to film
Recording hardware got small enough to wear, and venues, regulators and manufacturers are each writing a different rule for it. We track the bans, the capture indicators and the ways round them.
Covering the capture light temporarily locks the camera and reverses when the tape comes off. New hardware detection of a drilled-out light does not reverse at all.
2 Sep 2026 Norway's Minister Described a Use Rule. The Coverage Called It a Ban.Karianne Tung says the aim is to stop the equipment being used to monitor people in public. That describes a conduct rule, which is a different instrument from a product ban.
29 Aug 2026 Meta Fixed the Smart Glasses LED Bypass. The LED Was Never the Problem.Covering the capture light mid-recording no longer works, which closes a real loophole. Deliberate concealment was never the reason a few millimetres of light fails as notice to th...
11 Aug 2026 Wetherspoon Did Not Ban Smart Glasses. It Banned Filming With Them.More than 800 pubs, and the rule is about the recording rather than the device. That distinction is more durable than the headlines, and much harder to enforce.