GoKawiilMeta patches smart glasses flaw that let users cover recording LED mid-video
Meta is rolling out a software update that stops its smart glasses cameras from recording if the indicator light is covered after recording has already started. VP of AR Alex Himel confirmed the fix on Threads, addressing a loophole that had been widely shared in online tutorials for covert filming.
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This marks Meta's second privacy patch in under two months, following an earlier update that disabled cameras when the LED was physically damaged, as scrutiny grows over people using the glasses to secretly record others in public. Despite these fixes, third-party accessories designed to defeat the LED remain readily available, showing the company is still playing catch-up against determined bad actors.
- Meta closed a loophole that let users cover the recording light mid-capture to hide that filming was occurring.
- This is the second software fix in two months targeting covert recording, after an earlier patch addressed physical LED tampering.
- A market for accessories that bypass the recording indicator still exists, meaning the privacy problem isn't fully solved.
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