Is That Guy Filming You With His Glasses?

Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, home, wellness, finance and streaming services. He is passionate about language and technology, and has been an avid writer/reader of science fiction for most of his life. He holds a BA from UC Santa Barbara and an MFA from The New School.

"Ew, why do those exist?"

That was my friend's reaction when I told her about Meta Ray-Bans. The $300 smart glasses look like a chunkier pair of normal black Ray-Ban Wayfarers, and the average person probably wouldn't suspect that those frames contain a hidden camera.

I've never owned a pair of smart glasses, but I saw them in the wild on two occasions last year. Once was when I was riding the New York City subway ...