Meta glasses close the covered-LED loophole

Meta is rolling out a fix that makes its AI glasses stop recording when the capture LED is covered during an active recording, closing a loophole left after the second-generation safeguard already blocked capture when the light was obstructed. 9to5Google’s report quotes Meta’s AR chief saying the update is rolling out; Meta’s privacy explainer says millions use the glasses and frames the LED as a bystander signal. Wearable-AI builders should model consent indicators as runtime security state, not a one-time preflight, a standard that fits the archive’s case for delaying Apple’s smart-glasses launch until privacy is credible.