The Paris prosecutor's office reported on Tuesday that it opened several investigations related to complaints from women who claimed to have been filmed on the street without their consent with smart glasses.

Anyone wearing smart glasses can take photos, record videos, listen to music, make phone calls, translate text or interact with an artificial intelligence assistant.

Meta's devices, developed in collaboration with EssilorLuxottica, manufacturer of Ray-Ban, have become a commercial success.

Meta sold around seven million pairs in 2025. Other companies, such as Google and Snap, are also preparing to launch glasses with AI functions.

In Europe, calls to act against the smart glasses of "perverts" have multiplied after clandestinely recorded videos of girls and women appeared online, accompanied by a petition in the United Kingdom demanding a ban on their sale.

In France, the association e-Enfance, which manages the national hotline for victims of online abuse, issued an alert earlier this month about videos recorded with camera-equipped glasses that have been shared on the internet.

The Paris prosecutor's office indicated on Tuesday that it had received "complaints related to invasions of privacy linked to the use of smart glasses."

Prosecutors did not specify which brands were involved but noted that it is "a growing trend on social media that consists of filming women on the street with smart glasses without their consent and posting the videos on the internet."

The crime is punishable by up to two years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros ($51,000).

Prosecutors added that, in some cases, investigations had also been opened for sexual assault when "the acts are accompanied by non-consensual sexual contact."

The Paris prosecutor's office stated that its cybercrime unit "tested smart glasses in September in order to identify other crimes linked to cybercrime."

Among these crimes could be the theft of a cryptocurrency wallet's recovery phrase, which would allow criminals to steal the funds.