Meta Updates Smart Glasses to Disable Camera if Privacy LED Is Tampered, as Bans Spread
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Updated · The Verge · Jul 7
Meta Updates Smart Glasses to Disable Camera if Privacy LED Is Tampered, as Bans Spread
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Jul 7
Summary
Meta is rolling out a software update that shuts off its smart glasses’ camera when the device detects the privacy LED has been tampered with or destroyed.
The move targets modders who have drilled into the recording light or found workarounds around earlier safeguards that only warned users when the LED was covered.
Alex Himel, Meta’s VP of wearables, had signaled the change weeks ago as the company acknowledged rising misuse alongside broader adoption of its cheaper Meta Glasses.
Privacy pressure is also widening beyond Meta: New York state will start banning camera glasses from courtrooms later this month, following similar restrictions in Philadelphia courts and on some cruise lines.