Meta updates AI glasses to stop recording when LED covered
Meta just dropped a new update for its Meta AI glasses, making privacy a bigger priority.
Now, if you cover the recording LED after starting a video, the glasses will automatically stop filming, so bystanders can be reliably alerted when recording is happening.
This builds on earlier changes that blocked recording if the LED was tampered with or hidden before hitting record.
Meta cracks down on LED-disabling services
The update fixes a sneaky workaround where people could start filming with the LED visible and then cover it up.
Meta vice president Alex Himel said this is all about making sure the capture LED can reliably alert bystanders whenever photos or videos are being captured and saved to someone's gallery.
The company's crackdown has already pushed some businesses offering LED-disabling services to shut down, and Meta is actively removing posts promoting these tricks, showing they're serious about keeping things transparent for everyone.