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New "Advertisement" for Kylie Jenner's Meta Perv Glasses Shows Something Extremely Funny If You Look at It From the Wrong Angle - Futurism

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New "Advertisement" for Kylie Jenner's Meta Perv Glasses Shows Something Extremely Funny If You Look at It From the Wrong Angle - Futurism
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What the report says

Futurism reported on a guerrilla-style alteration of a Meta smart-glasses advertisement featuring Kylie Jenner, saying activists appeared to add a lenticular layer to a London bus stop poster so the image changes depending on the viewer’s position. From one angle, the ad reportedly shows Jenner’s face transformed into a bug-eyed, horror-like figure with the message, “We’re always watching.”

The publisher identified the group behind the intervention as Everyone Hates Elon and said the spoof was located near Meta’s London headquarters. Futurism framed the action as a protest against Meta’s AI-enabled Ray-Ban smart glasses, which include cameras and have drawn scrutiny from privacy advocates who worry they could be used to record people without their knowledge.

The article connected the altered poster to the visual language of John Carpenter’s 1988 film “They Live,” in which special glasses reveal hidden messages and alien faces behind everyday advertising. Futurism also cited earlier reporting by Wired that Meta had added, but not activated, facial-recognition capabilities in the glasses’ software, a point that has fed broader concerns about surveillance.

According to Futurism, Everyone Hates Elon has previously staged provocative poster campaigns targeting technology billionaires and political figures. In comments Futurism attributed to Hyperallergic, the group argued that Meta and Ray-Ban’s glasses could facilitate secret recording and abuse. The report matters because it reflects how wearable AI devices are becoming a flashpoint not only for technology policy, but also for public protest and culture-jamming campaigns.

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