the light, but people quickly learned that they could get around that by reversing the order of the steps and covering up the light after they started recording.

In a post on Threads, Meta’s executive vice president of wearables, Alex Himel, explained that an update would be rolled out soon that ensures that “the camera will now stop working if the light is covered during a recording." That way “the capture LED can reliably alert bystanders when photos or videos are being captured for someone’s gallery,” Himel said.

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