The Verge·3 min read·medium
Meta’s glasses will turn off the camera if you tamper with the privacy light
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Victoria Song
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Meta is introducing a software update for its smart glasses that disables the camera if the privacy LED light is tampered with or destroyed. This move aims to address growing privacy concerns and misuse of the devices as they gain wider adoption.
Amid 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.
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