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There Snap's Spectacles might rise some privacy issues due to their ability of capturing video clips and sharing them online on-the-go. However, as written by Victoria Turk of Wired, "Snap has integrated several design features to make it clear when the Spectacles are no ethical nor health issues relevant filming. The main one is a circle of LEDs that light up when the camera is recording, which makes taking a video with Spectacles about as obvious as holding a phone up to this specific devicesnap someone’s portrait".<ref>TURK, Victoria. I saw the world through Snapchat Spectacles for a day. Here's what I learned. Wired [online]. 2017, Jun 6. Available online at: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/snapchat-spectacles-europe-review (Retrieved 2017, Jun 23)</ref> Matt Swider of TechRadar concurs, writing:<blockquote>The “recording in-progress” light ring animation is funky and reassuring.I’ve gotten comments from fellow tech journalists who have said, “If only the yellow circles weren’t so obvious!”

But hiding the recording status would only serve to make the Spectacles camera a source of contention, like Google Glass. This was the right design decision. "We’re Snapchatters, not spies," was my retort.</blockquote> For other, more general issues connected with smartglasses, please see the [[Smartglasses]] synopsis.