Ray-Ban Meta glasses were recording conversations without the wake phrase
Meta says it has fixed a bug that made some glasses capture audio without being prompted.
A bug in some Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses caused them to record conversations even when users had not said the wake phrase, raising a privacy problem for a device meant to capture audio only on command. Meta says it has already fixed the issue. Reports came from users who said the behavior happened across multiple Ray-Ban Metas and even with the "Respond without Hey Meta" setting turned off. The Reddit report also said the Meta AI app stored both audio clips and text transcripts in conversation history, which makes the bug especially relevant for anyone building consumer AI hardware that records by voice activation.
Why it matters
For people using voice-activated wearables, the issue shows that a missed trigger can turn an on-demand audio device into one that records by mistake. Because the Meta AI app also keeps audio clips and transcripts in conversation history, the problem affects not just capture but what is retained afterward, which is why the user asked for a technical investigation.
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Sources
- Ars Technica