Source: Waxy
Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses include a visible LED indicator when recording. Consumers are paying for removal services advertised openly on Facebook Marketplace itself. The company designed the indicator to signal surveillance, yet users are willing to modify it away, suggesting the privacy signal doesn't match actual user preferences around always-on recording devices. That this cottage industry operates on Meta's own platform shows how the company's product choices create demand for workarounds rather than address the underlying trust problem.