Meta’s glasses will turn off the camera if you tamper with the privacy light
Even so, the privacy LED light is still hard to see. It's on in this photo. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeAmid public backlash over its smart glasses, Meta announced that it will be updating its glasses with a new feature that will disable the camera when it detects that someone has tampered with or destroyed the glasses' privacy LED light. The update is meant to address modders who have taken actions such as physically drilling into the LED light.
Meta has previously tried to discourage tampering with the LED light. For example, starting with its second generation glasses, blocking the light with tape or other objects will trigger a prompt asking users to uncover the recording light. However, many modders have found various workarounds for tha ...