Meta is adding privacy-safety controls to its Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses amid growing concern about covert recording. The company says it will update second-generation glasses so the camera shuts off if the recording LED is detected as tampered with or destroyed, and it already disables recording when the LED is covered. Meta argues that a visible blinking LED serves as an appropriate warning signal compared with a noisy shutter mechanism. However, critics have questioned whether the light is visible enough in daytime and whether users can disable it, prompting Meta to remove Marketplace listings offering to defeat the LED and to potentially pursue account bans or legal action. The article also notes a prior lawsuit alleging that intimate footage captured by users’ smart glasses was reviewed by workers in Kenya for AI training. For higher education technology leaders evaluating AI wearables in campus programs, the update highlights a shift toward hardware-level compliance controls, while reinforcing the need for campus rules on permitted recording, consent, and data stewardship.