Meta announced a new feature for its smart glasses that disables the camera if tampering with the privacy LED light is detected.
The move comes in response to modders who have been known to physically drill into this LED light
Jul 08, 2026
12:14 pm
What's the storyMeta has announced a new update for its smart glasses, which will disable the camera if it detects that someone has tampered with or destroyed the privacy LED light.
The move comes in response to modders who have been known to physically drill into this LED light.
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Meta has tried to discourage tampering with the LED.
Smart glasses with a camera are inherently a privacy nightmare, but Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses (and now its self-branded ones) have...
A mandatory update turns the tiny white LED into a condition of use: block it, mod it, or kill it, and the camera stops. Here is…
...until someone finds yet another workaround.
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