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 what changes, why Meta is doing it now, and the surveillance problem the light still cannot solve.

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...

Meta distribuisce un aggiornamento obbligatorio che disattiva la fotocamera quando il piccolo LED bianco viene forato o rimosso. � la risposta ai modder e al contraccolpo sulla…

Meta announced a new feature for its smart glasses that disables the camera if tampering with the privacy LED light is detected.

...until someone finds yet another workaround.

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 what changes, why Meta is doing it now, and the…

Meta reagiert auf wachsende Kritik an Kamerabrillen und stellt neue Datenschutzmaßnahmen in Aussicht. Doch viele Fragen bleiben unbeantwortet.

Meta's moves usurped by Google practically giving me a soldering iron and a ski mask

Hacking Meta glasses so the white LED light doesn't blink continuously when they're recording has become a business. It was recently found that this service was being...

Meta seems to think there's no such thing as a bad idea when it comes to smart glasses.