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Smart Glasses Privacy: The Industry's Self-Regulation Window Is Closing A vulnerability in Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses that allowed unauthorized audio recording without user consent didn't just expose a bug. It exposed an industry assumption: that shipping first and asking permission later is an acceptable way to normalize face-mounted cameras in public spaces. The timing is brutal. As Meta doubles down on always-on wearable hardware, competitors like HTC are launching privacy-focused alternatives that explicitly reject the surveillance-as-default model. The contrast makes one thing clear: smart glasses privacy isn't a technical problem waiting for a solution. It's a business model problem masquerading…