Meta's glasses will turn off the camera if you tamper with the privacy light

theverge.com4 pointsby Brajeshwar2 comments

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Hacker News

Solved! Now Meta is a pro-privacy company. /s

It is 10 years too late to trust Meta on anything.

by Frieren

But buying the same kind of glasses from an independent manufacturer is good, right?

by hoppp

by ChrisArchitect

Article without paywall.

Seems like the next evolution of a cat-and-mouse game between Meta and the modders. How long before the new tamper protection is defeated?

by m348e912

The ultimate solution is a custom LED design with an embedded auth chip, along with a custom photodiode also with an auth chip.

by WarmWash

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Hacker News
Solved! Now Meta is a pro-privacy company. /s
It is 10 years too late to trust Meta on anything.
by Frieren
But buying the same kind of glasses from an independent manufacturer is good, right?
I mean these do look sweet: https://brilliant.xyz/products/halo
by hoppp
Source: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/metas-ai-glasses-your-ques...
by ChrisArchitect
https://archive.is/8C6vM
Article without paywall.
Seems like the next evolution of a cat-and-mouse game between Meta and the modders. How long before the new tamper protection is defeated?
by m348e912
The ultimate solution is a custom LED design with an embedded auth chip, along with a custom photodiode also with an auth chip.
by WarmWash