Norway temporarily bans Meta glasses in public spaces
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Norway’s temporary ban on camera glasses in parks, schools, and beaches shows how quickly AR hardware can run into hard regulatory lines around ambient recording. If you’re shipping wearables with sensors, assume you’ll need geofencing, visible cues, and region-specific privacy modes baked into the product, not bolted on later.
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