Posted Aug 21, 2026 at 7:57 PM UTCSExternal LinkMeta may be working on a physical kill switch for smart glasses sensors.As Patentlyze reports, the company filed a patent earlier this year for a “hardware privacy mute circuit” for “consumer devices, such as augmented reality devices,” like Meta’s smart glasses. The patent says the mute switch would “provide tamper-resistant privacy controls that cannot be compromised through software exploits.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Stevie Bonifield
Meta may be working on a physical kill switch for smart glasses sensors.
As Patentlyze reports, the company filed a patent earlier this year for a “hardware privacy mute circuit” for “consumer devices, such as augmented reality devices,” like Meta’s smart glasses. The patent says the mute switch would “provide tamper-resistant privacy controls that cannot be compromised through software exploits.” [Link: SECURE HARDWARE-ENFORCED SENSOR PRIVACY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING THEREON | https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20260244794 | United States Patent Application Publication]
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