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Meta Claims to Have Bricked Thousands of Smart Glasses
PetaPixel • • business
Key Points:
- Meta has disabled the cameras on thousands of its smart glasses after detecting users tampering with the recording indicator light to film others without consent.
- The glasses feature a blinking white LED meant to signal when recording is active, but some users found ways to conceal or bypass this light, prompting Meta to implement stricter protections.
- An update now prevents the camera from recording if the LED light is blocked during recording, addressing attempts to start recording before covering the light.
- Less than 0.1% of users have been caught altering the recording system, translating to thousands of affected devices, effectively turning them into Bluetooth headphones without camera functionality.
- The misuse of these glasses, often referred to as “pervert glasses,” has led to bans at venues like New York nightclubs and UK pubs, following reports of non-consensual filming and online abuse.
