MSC Cruises Bans Smart Glasses in Public Areas to Curb Covert Recording ⇥ bitdefender.com

Graham Cluley, writing on Bitdefender’s blog:

If you’re planning a cruise for your holidays, and cannot bear the idea of being parted from your Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, you may want to avoid sailing with MSC Cruises.

The cruise line has updated its list of prohibited items, specifically banning smart glasses and similar wearable devices from public areas.

MSC Cruises is prohibiting “devices capable of covertly or discreetly recording or transmitting data” which, as written, is pretty vague without the subsequent “(e.g. smart glasses)”. Any wireless device is arguably “discreetly … transmitting data” all the time. I appreciate the idea. However, I fear this is the kind of rule that will be remembered as a relic of a transitional period, rather than an honest commitment to guest privacy.