Norway targets facial recognition in smart glasses as privacy concerns grow
Norwegian authorities are moving to address facial recognition technology embedded in smart glasses, responding to growing concern about the privacy risks the devices pose. The action signals regulatory attention on wearable biometric tools in public spaces.
Why this matters: Smart glasses with facial recognition mean anyone on the street could be identified in real time by another person just looking at them. That is a fundamentally different kind of surveillance than a security camera. It is personal, portable, and invisible to the person being scanned. Norway is right to treat this as a specific problem, not a footnote to general AI policy. The device that makes this possible fits on someone's face and looks ordinary. That gap between what it appears to be and what it can do is exactly where privacy law needs to show up.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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