For months, covering it after you hit record kept it filming anyway.
“Meta is shipping a firmware update so its AI smart glasses' camera stops functioning if the visible capture-LED indicator is covered while a recording is already in progress, after users found they could start a recording before covering the light and keep it running undetected.”
Meta (Alex Himel, VP of AR/Wearables, statement via Threads, amplified by tech press Aug 27-28 2026); bypass method documented via widespread third-party mods/tutorials
Recorded 29 August 2026. Our ruling means: we tried to break it and could not.
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