Colorado’s U.S. District Court is considering prohibiting people from bringing “smart glasses” that could be used as recording devices into the courthouse.

The court announced the proposal along with other changes as part of the latest round of amendments to its local rules — the general operating procedures for the trial court.

One suggestion, submitted by an unidentified district judge, would bar people from entering with “eyeglasses, which, at a minimum, may be used as a camera, video recorder, or audio recorder.”

The proposed change is “simply our attempt to keep up with technology. Many other Federal Courts already ban them since they may be used as a recording/video device,” said clerk Jeffrey P. Colwell in an email.

Earlier this year, the federal court for the Western District

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