How to survive in the EU while using apps from Meta

I created my first FB account in 2010 in Madrid while I was studying Spanish. During the break, I went downstairs to get some coffee and to use a computer. Right next to me, a guy asked for my FB account. Sadly(?), I didn't have a FB account at that moment.

He was like, "Are you a spy or something?!" I was a 20-year-old girl,.. So I created my first FB account.

I think I have deleted my FB account 2 or 3 times since then. IG account as well. For some years, even WhatsApp has been run by Meta Group. I use them even if I don't like them (planning to leave soon). I need some group chat, etc. I turned off all app permissions, but I know they have a higher level of something to collect data anyway.

Now I am reading news about the collaboration between Meta Group and Ray-Ban, Meta’s smart glasses. The news talks about the privacy concern as always.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/meta-sued-over-ai-smartglasses-privacy-concerns-after-workers-reviewed-nudity-sex-and-other-footage/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/workers-report-watching-ray-ban-meta-shot-footage-of-people-using-the-bathroom/

It is crazy. But it has been like that, almost to accept that it is what it is. 

I moved to the EU in 2010, so I bought my first smartphone in Madrid. I started using apps in the EU, but Apps from the US. It is the same as when I created my first FB account in 2010.

Thank God, I don't have any problems with my sight. But I wear blue-light glasses because my eyes get tired, dry, and red sometimes, as if I were stoned. 

I have also read the book about the criticism of Google glasses some years ago while I was studying Philosophy in Madrid. I can not think about those kinds of glasses and believe that those kinds of glasses can make my life better. I just hate the idea that I can see more than what I see on the street without any single individual's consent. + helping the Meta group to collect even more data. They will have additional data to connect each individual's data. Imagine if a person is watching surveillance footage, and many people are wearing smart glasses on the street. It will be quicker and easier to control everything. It is always the same shit. The excuse is to control the criminal activities. 

So, when I read the news about that collaboration between Meta and Ray-Ban, I just decided to convert my Ray-Ban sunglasses into my future blue light glasses...

There are no lenses, no glasses, but only the frame.

Do I feel better? Are the digital octagon creators gone?

I don't know. 

The only thing I know is that whoever created the digital octagon is also in the octagon.