As the use of facial recognition rises, so do privacy concerns. These glasses are designed to block the technology.


Urban's Reflectacles glasses can thwart facial recognition software by reflecting or blocking the infrared light of security cameras. — Chicago Tribune/TNS

The chunky, thick-framed glasses Scott Urban makes in his Chicago workshop in the United States look like normal eye glasses, but when viewed on a security camera, the wearer’s face becomes a shining orb.

Reflectacles, as the glasses are called, are among a growing number of devices developed to protect individual privacy as facial recognition technology becomes cheaper, faster and more commonplace.

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