A $2 Sticker Let Me Bypass The Meta Glasses' Anti-Creep Feature

A security researcher has demonstrated that Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, equipped with facial recognition safeguards designed to prevent covert recording, can be defeated with nothing more than a two-dollar sticker—raising urgent questions about whether the company's privacy protections are merely theater. The vulnerability, which tricks the device's indicator light into staying dark while recording, exposes millions of users to the exact surveillance risks Meta claimed to have engineered against. As smart glasses move closer to mainstream adoption, the discovery underscores a troubling reality: companies are racing to deploy wearable cameras faster than they can secure them.

Engadget·Aug 3