Meta announced updates to its Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses aimed at deterring covert recording, including camera shutdown if tampering is detected. The company said it will add logic to disable the camera when the device detects the recording LED—intended as a visual warning—has been covered or altered, following prior criticism about how easily the light can be disabled. Privacy scrutiny is escalating as smart glasses can capture photos or video simply by looking at someone, reducing the “line of sight” requirement typical of smartphones. Meta also said it is removing Marketplace listings offering LED-disabling services and may ban accounts or pursue legal action against sellers. Separately, the report says Meta is testing a “super-sensing” prototype, which could extend device capabilities and potentially intensify privacy debates even as Meta claims it is strengthening protections. In the backdrop, a prior lawsuit alleged that smart-glasses recordings were reviewed by workers in Kenya to train Meta’s AI models. Higher education institutions are likely to watch this closely as universities pilot consumer and research smart-wearables and develop campus guidance on privacy, consent, and technology governance.