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# I spy

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**Published:** July 6, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.theverge.com/column/961707/smart-glasses-ai-wearables-meta-surveillance-privacy  

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- [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

I've long argued that Hollywood has simultaneously set and ruined our expectations for smart glasses. But after binge-watching two seasons of Netflix's A Man on the Inside, this is perhaps the first time I've seen Hollywood, perhaps inadvertently, illustrate the biggest cultural problem with smart glasses as they stand today. In a nutshell, Ted Danson […]

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