ICE has told its agents not to wear Meta's smart glasses while on duty.
An internal memo instructs officers to leave the devices off during work hours. The glasses in question are Meta's camera-equipped Ray-Ban line, which pairs a hands-free camera with built-in AI features. Smart glasses have turned up repeatedly as an accessory amid the immigration crackdown, part of a broader drift toward consumer wearables showing up in field work. The memo does not spell out why the agency wants them off during shifts.
The ban matters less for what it says than for what it implies: agencies now have to write policy for consumer gadgets that double as recording devices, not just official body cameras. That flips the usual privacy conversation around Meta's glasses, which has mostly focused on the people being filmed rather than the officer wearing them.
Whatever the reasoning, it is a reminder that surveillance gear built for creators and influencers can just as easily complicate the agencies meant to enforce the law.