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Meta’s glasses now stop recording if you cover the LED

Meta has updated its smart glasses so the camera stops when someone covers the recording light, the second such fix in two months, and is running an ad campaign explaining what the LED means. European regulators have said the problem is not the light but the absence of any lawful basis for filming bystanders.

Meta’s glasses now stop recording if you cover the LED

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Meta has updated its smart glasses so the camera stops when someone covers the recording light, the second such fix in two months, and is running an ad campaign explaining what the LED means.

European regulators have said the problem is not the light but the absence of any lawful basis for filming bystanders.

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