Meta patches the mod that turned its Ray-Ban glasses into secret spy cams
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Meta is updating its Ray-Ban, Oakley, and own-brand smart glasses to disable the camera if the recording LED is physically tampered with or destroyed, closing a loophole modders used to record covertly. It is also removing mod-service listings, banning accounts, and weighing legal action. The fix reopens a bigger debate about whether camera-first glasses can ever be private, as cameraless rival Even Realities raises $150m at a $1bn valuation.
Meta is updating its smart glasses to shut off the camera if the recording light has been physically tampered with or destroyed. The change, announced in a 7 July blog post, closes a loophole that let modders turn the glasses into covert recorders.
A white LED lights up whenever the glasses capture photos or video, signalling to bystanders that they are being filmed. Meta already blocked recording if the light was covered with tape, but determined users drilled out...
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