Zenni ID Guard Lenses Are My Go-To for Digital Privacy (and Style)

I never thought twice about how often my face was being scanned—until I realized it was everywhere. As a third-year med student, I spend hours on screens and in public spaces like airports, cafés, and hospitals. 

After reading about facial recognition tech quietly tracking people across platforms and places, it started to feel unsettling. We protect our passwords—why not our faces? 

While browsing for new blue light glasses on Zenni’s site, I found Zenni ID Guard, a lens coating designed to help reduce visibility to some facial recognition. It sounded futuristic, but also like exactly what I didn’t know I needed—until now.

The Tech Behind the Glasses (And Why It Matters)

Zenni ID Guard is a proprietary anti-infrared coating – a pink sheen that reflects infrared light and helps disrupt facial tracking, powered by Anti-IR technology. In simple terms, the lens coating reflects near-infrared (NIR) light, which is the type of light that many facial recognition systems rely on to scan your face.

By disrupting that NIR light, these lens coatings help make it more difficult for those NIR systems to lock onto your facial features. It doesn’t make you untraceable—but it’s a layer of protection most people don’t even know exists. Even more so, Zenni ID Guard helps protect against the IR rays emitted by the sun that can affect eye comfort over time. 

Fun fact: FaceID or Windows Hello may not work while wearing glasses that have lenses containing Zenni ID Guard lens coating – it’s the visible proof that the privacy tech is working. 😎

Where I Wear Them — and Why They Make Sense

Since getting my pair, I’ve worn them just about everywhere. At the hospital when I’m on my laptop. At coffee shops when I’m reviewing notes. On flights, during travel days, at busy events.

And the added benefits are just as important to me. The lenses are scratch resistant, anti-reflective, and water repellent. It’s a practical, long-lasting choice that also supports digital privacy—without adding extra steps or effort.

I love that there’s no app, no special instructions, and no adjustment to my routine. I just put them on and go.

It’s About Control, Not Hiding

Here’s what I’ve realized: protecting your digital identity isn’t about paranoia or hiding. It’s about being intentional. It’s about choosing to have more say in how and when you’re seen—especially in a world that often collects information without consent.

Zenni ID Guard lens coatings do not promise to erase your presence from the internet or shut down surveillance systems, they do make it harder for systems to passively scan you. That small disruption can be a powerful thing.

It feels good to know that I’m doing something proactive—especially something so simple—to protect a part of myself that’s usually unprotected.

My Final Thoughts

We spend so much time online, interacting with technology, and trusting systems we can’t fully see. Yet we rarely stop to think about how visible we’ve become—and how much that visibility is being tracked.

I’m genuinely glad I gave Zenni ID Guard a try. It’s not just eyewear—it’s a small but meaningful step toward reclaiming a bit of privacy in a digital world that often forgets we’re still human.
If you spend your days in front of a screen or on the go, this might be one of the smartest, simplest ways to protect your digital identity—without changing a thing about your routine.