Sarah Harte: Meta smart glasses are shady new tools for predatory behaviour

What is the ultimate point of introducing new legislation to combat harmful behaviour if we simultaneously allow tech companies to roll out this technology?

Mark Zuckerberg speaks about the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses during the a Connect conference in Menlo Park, California. Picture: AP Photo

The idea of secretly filming people is creepy, yet people do it. New father Shane Flynn, who owned and ran the NGS Gym & Rehabilitation Clinic in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, is this week beginning his sentence of two years and four months for, among other things, secretly filming dozens of women topless as he massaged them.

It has been reported that Meta, in conjunction with the luxury sunglasses maker Ray-Ban, known for its Wayfarer and Aviator glasses, will launch a new generation of smart sunglasses later this year. Meta recently signed a 10-year deal with Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group, which owns Ray-Ban.