# Smart glasses: the new era of covert recordings Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/sensemaker-1661652/smart-glasses-the-new-era-of-covert-recordings Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/sensemaker-1661652/smart-glasses-the-new-era-of-covert-recordings.md Podcast: [Sensemaker](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sensemaker-1661652) Published: 2026-05-20T01:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/sensemaker/episodes/smart-glasses-the-new-era-of-covert-recordings Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/sensemaker/e/6a0c91294c1aeb32e70fd25e/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sensemaker-1661652/episodes/smart-glasses-the-new-era-of-covert-recordings Duration seconds: 367 ## Resource Meta sold seven million smart glasses in 2025, triple that of the previous two years combined. As smart glasses become cheaper and more widespread, do they present a threat to our privacy? Writer: Jonathan Lewis and April McLennan Producer: Madeleine Parr Host: Jonathan Lewis Episode photography: Joe Mee Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett Clips: Project TV, Mint Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sensemaker-1661652/episodes/smart-glasses-the-new-era-of-covert-recordings/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/sensemaker-1661652/smart-glasses-the-new-era-of-covert-recordings.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.