{"slug": "duckduckgo-is-selling-anti-pervert-glasses-that-contain-zero-ai-cameras-or-even", "title": "DuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoever", "summary": "DuckDuckGo partnered with sunglasses maker Knockaround to sell 'Normal F***ing Sunglasses,' a $35 pair of matte black sunglasses with no camera, microphone, AI, battery, or electronics, marketed as anti-surveillance eyewear in response to privacy concerns over Meta's AI-powered smart glasses. The product has sold a 'significant percentage' of its inventory, according to a DuckDuckGo representative speaking to CNET.", "body_md": "Meta has opened Pandora’s box with its AI-infused smart sunglasses.\n\nThe pricy accessory has sparked a heated debate over privacy, with unsavory individuals abusing the eyewear’s easily-missed cameras to harass unsuspecting strangers in public — garnering the specs the distinctly unflattering nickname of “[pervert glasses](https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-ray-ban-smart-pervert-glasses).”\n\nIt’s gotten to the point that owners who shelled out hundreds of dollars for a pair have [become too afraid to wear them in public](https://futurism.com/future-society/backlash-meta-pervert-glasses-afraid). Meanwhile, Meta is seriously [struggling to crack down](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-attempted-crackdown-ai-glasses-failing) on its badly-behaved users.\n\nNow, Google alternative DuckDuckGo, a company that has long attempted to actively distance itself from Big Tech, has come up with a genius new product that’s guaranteed not to spark controversy: a pair of plastic, non-pervert glasses that lack any electronics whatsoever.\n\nThe company partnered with sunglasses maker Knockaround to create the “world’s most innovative anti-surveillance sunglasses,” or “Normal F***ing Sunglasses.”\n\n“No camera, no microphone, no AI, no battery, no electronics of any kind,” Knockaround [boasts on its website](https://knockaround.com/products/duckduckgo-paso-robles). “Just a beautifully crafted pair of matte black sunglasses with a glossy DuckDuckGo logo, designed to block the sun and never send data to the cloud.”\n\n“Yes, these are actually real,” DuckDuckGo had to [reassure](https://x.com/DuckDuckGo/status/2082850280413049311) netizens in an official announcement on X.\n\nBest of all, at $35, they’re an absolute bargain compared to Meta’s pervert glasses, which start at a far steeper $299.\n\nSatire publication *The Onion*, which promoted the sunglasses, [rounded up some fictional reactions](https://www.instagram.com/p/DbbBAQMDRTj/?img_index=1).\n\n“0/10,” the publication quoted one fictional man. “Useless for perverts.”\n\n“Guess I’ll have to violate people’s privacy the old-fashioned way: from the bushes,” another quote reads.\n\nThe marketing stunt appears to be working out. A DuckDuckGo representative [told CNET](https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/duckduckgo-anti-ai-sunglasses-wont-spy/) that a “significant percentage of the inventory has sold, though it’s still too early to release sales data.”\n\nIt also perfectly illustrates how the public is becoming fed up of having AI shoved down its throats, in the kind of tech-obsessed overreach that’s facilitating some extremely boorish behavior.\n\nSome netizens were inspired by the product, pointing out other categories that could benefit from being stripped back down to the basics.\n\n“This is a good start,” one Bluesky user [wrote](https://bsky.app/profile/vaalgamon.bsky.social/post/3ms4b54mios2y). “Can we get Normal F***ing TV and Normal F*** ing Refrigerator next?”\n\n**More on sunglasses:** *Meta’s Attempted Crackdown on AI Glasses Perverts Is Already Failing*", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/duckduckgo-is-selling-anti-pervert-glasses-that-contain-zero-ai-cameras-or-even", "canonical_source": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/duckduckgo-selling-anti-pervert-glasses", "published_at": "2026-08-04 17:48:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-04 17:54:26.987590+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-ethics", "ai-products"], "entities": ["DuckDuckGo", "Knockaround", "Meta", "CNET", "The Onion"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/duckduckgo-is-selling-anti-pervert-glasses-that-contain-zero-ai-cameras-or-even", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/duckduckgo-is-selling-anti-pervert-glasses-that-contain-zero-ai-cameras-or-even.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/duckduckgo-is-selling-anti-pervert-glasses-that-contain-zero-ai-cameras-or-even.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/duckduckgo-is-selling-anti-pervert-glasses-that-contain-zero-ai-cameras-or-even.jsonld"}}