About this project

SmartglassesBanned tracks real-world places, businesses, events, and jurisdictions that have restricted or banned smart glasses — devices like Meta's Ray-Ban Display that can record audio and video from frames that look like ordinary eyewear. Bans have been driven mostly by privacy concerns: covert filming in bars, changing rooms, casinos, and other spaces where recording isn't expected or welcome.

How entries are added

Every entry on this site is a Markdown file in the src/content/bans/ directory of this project's git repository, each backed by a real news article. There's no automated scraping or user-submission form — entries are added manually, one file per ban, and reviewed like any other code change before merging.

Contributing

Found a smart glasses ban that's missing? Add a new Markdown file to src/content/bans/ following the format of the existing entries (name, category, coordinates, source URL, and a short summary), then open a pull request.