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Dutch optical retailer Hans Anders has paused sales of Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium amid privacy concerns. Dutch regulators and advocacy groups have questioned consent and hidden recording, while Meta says a non-disableable light signals when the camera is active.
Hans Anders is immediately removing Meta’s smart camera glasses from all its stores in the Netherlands and Belgium and is also halting online sales. The optical chain is responding to the growing privacy controversy surrounding the Meta glasses, now that Dutch hospitals and the Ministry of Defense are also taking…