| ▲ | cubefox 5 hours ago |
| From https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/metas-ai-glasses-your-ques... > Can’t people just cover up or disable the LED? > The camera is disabled when people try to do this. Beginning with our second generation of glasses, the camera is automatically disabled if we detect that the capture LED has been blocked. No photos or videos can be taken until we detect that the light is unblocked. > Since the introduction of this safeguard, we’ve seen some people go beyond using tape to sophisticated efforts to modify or destroy the capture LED. We are continuously improving our ability to detect tampering, and now we’re updating the glasses to disable the camera if they detect the LED was physically tampered with or destroyed. No other kind of camera has done this and we’re proud to lead the industry forward. |
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| ▲ | bko 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I think you're asking too much of a publication to do this kind of investigative reporting. Their job is to scan the app store for any app that is anti-tech and has at least 1k downloads and write an article about how there's huge backlash. |
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| ▲ | magicalist 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > Since the introduction of this safeguard, we’ve seen some people go beyond using tape to sophisticated efforts to modify or destroy the capture LED. We are continuously improving our ability to detect tampering, and now we’re updating the glasses to disable the camera if they detect the LED was physically tampered with or destroyed. No other kind of camera has done this and we’re proud to lead the industry forward. Yes it's true people have figured out how to disable the safeguard, but we all agree the important thing as we try to sell millions more of these is that we tried, right? |
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| ▲ | solenoid0937 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Seeing these reactionary Reddit-like takes on HN sucks. No, it's not easy for the average person to disable the camera on these glasses. They do continuously make it harder to do so. At this point anyone interested in spy glasses is better off buying one of the many other glasses with cameras in it. | | |
| ▲ | magicalist an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | Alternatively, sounds like you're a user of the glasses and don't like what these comments might reflect on you if more people agree with them? Was my comment incorrect? You admit it's both possible to work around it, people are actually doing that, and the comment does indeed give themselves a little pat on the back for working hard to unsuccessfully solve a problem with the product they themselves choose to make and market? So what's the reactionary part? | | |
| ▲ | solenoid0937 26 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Yes, your comment was incorrect. What exactly is your threat model? "It is possible to work around" every single security control that has ever existed. Saying it "is possible" to work around a control is an utterly meaningless statement. At what budget? With what skill level? With what frequency and likelihood? If the intent is to deter the typical weirdos that would try to disable the blinking light, then yes, their mitigations have been extraordinarily effective and most of these weirdos now just buy other cheaper and more discreet camera glasses. |
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| ▲ | knowaveragejoe an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | People would generally oppose all such devices if they had a real picture of what's going on. |
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| ▲ | ourmandave 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Or someone can just turn off updates and never download the patch. |
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| ▲ | chmod775 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | It's a meta product. Safe to assume that sooner or later it will be unusable unless you install the latest update so it can continue phoning home. | | |
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| ▲ | blondie9x 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| The problem is the LED isn’t enabled currently when live streaming content to Instagram or Facebook. Most live streams can just be captured and recorded by someone else. This is a huge cap in privacy and safety even if the LED was fully functional without tampering. |
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| ▲ | solenoid0937 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The LED is active when you are using the camera. It's hardwired. | |
| ▲ | cubefox 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | That's a lie. > Does everyone know when you're live streaming? Yes. A white LED on the front of the glasses lights up while you're streaming to let people around you know the camera is active. https://actionstreamer.com/blog/how-to-live-stream-on-meta-r... | | |
| ▲ | snvzz 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Basic modification: Some tape over the led. | | |
| ▲ | cubefox 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | > Beginning with our second generation of glasses, the camera is automatically disabled if we detect that the capture LED has been blocked. No photos or videos can be taken until we detect that the light is unblocked. | | |
| ▲ | snvzz 4 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Until it's hard enough people figure out how easy it is to fit a camera in a regular glass flame, and how much cheaper it is over paying Meta for the privilege. |
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| ▲ | chrisweekly 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | cap -> gap |
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