Why Smart Glasses in Hospitals Are Not a Bright Idea

Garrett Zickgraf of LBMC on Privacy Risks of Meta Ray Ban Glasses and Similar Gear Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • December 19, 2025 13 Minutes

Smart eyewear such as Meta-AI Ray Ban glasses - which sport microphones, cameras and can connect to artificial intelligence - pose emerging patient privacy and other risks especially when worn in healthcare settings, said Garrett Zickgraf of consulting firm LBMC.

"At any point, these glasses could be listening, gathering private information and then potentially disclosing that," he said. The glasses can collect and share patient images and conversation, and well as protected health information, without individuals even noticing, he said. Meta glasses have a LED indicator that turns on when in use, but there's already an online cottage industry selling stickers that cover the light.

"PHI would be potentially recorded without notice, or even livestreamed to these social media platforms, so ...