Zuckerberg says glasses have a capture light phones lack
Meta's camera-glasses privacy dispute now turns on a capture light, with the CEO's defense and a reporter's rebuttal worth comparing.
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Mark Zuckerberg is defending the Ray-Ban Meta glasses against the privacy uproar over wearable cameras, arguing their capture light is more noticeable than a phone's.
Per the show notes of the September 25 Vergecast, Zuckerberg has made the point in at least two recent interviews: the glasses light up when a photo is taken, while phones do not. Meta's smart glasses have drawn criticism over camera privacy.
Joanna Stern, interviewed in the same rounds, pushed back: phones may lack a light, but holding one up to shoot is itself pretty noticeable. These statements are relayed via the episode's show notes, not a transcript.