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Meta Ray-Ban glasses brick the camera if you mess with recording light

Meta announced new mandatory safety update to its smart glasses, preventing users from tampering with recording light.

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What happened Meta announced new mandatory safety update to its smart glasses, preventing users from tampering with recording light.
The headline split Mashable frames it as "Meta Ray-Ban glasses brick the camera if you mess with recording light". Quartz frames it as "Meta's smart glasses will now shut off the camera if you tamper with the privacy light".
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MashableNews report · Jul 8, 7:31 PM

Meta Ray-Ban glasses brick the camera if you mess with recording light

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Meta announced new mandatory safety update to its smart glasses, preventing users from tampering with recording light.

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QuartzNews report · Jul 8, 6:50 PM

Meta's smart glasses will now shut off the camera if you tamper with the privacy light

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The mandatory software update goes further than Meta's previous safeguard, which only blocked the camera when the LED was covered

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