Tampering with Meta’s privacy light triggers camera shutoff in its smart glasses
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Meta will update its Ray‑Ban Meta smart glasses to automatically disable the camera if someone tamps with or destroys the privacy LED light, a move aimed at deterring modders who drill or block the light. The company has long warned against tampering and shown prompts when the light is blocked, but the new measure will actively shut off recording in such cases as privacy concerns grow and venues consider bans.
- Meta’s glasses will turn off the camera if you tamper with the privacy light The Verge
- Indecent proposal: why social media’s rebrand of surveillance tech normalises harassment and non-consensual filming The Guardian
- AI glasses promise convenience. Critics see surveillance. NBC News
- Smart Glasses Are Putting Cameras on People's Faces. Here's How to Spot Them CNET
- Do Smart Glasses Have a Surveillance Problem? Vogue
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