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

Meta's newest smart glasses have a built-in safeguard designed to prevent the device from recording when a person's eyes are closed—a feature meant to protect privacy in intimate moments—yet a researcher discovered that a simple two-dollar sticker can render it completely useless. The finding exposes a critical gap between the company's privacy promises and the physical reality of wearable surveillance technology, raising questions about whether any purely technical solution can truly protect people from being recorded without consent. With Meta aggressively pushing its glasses into the mainstream market, the vulnerability suggests that the company may have prioritized innovation over the kind of robust security that should come standard in a camera that points directly at the world around you.

Engadget·Aug 3