Meta’s hardware chief has decided to answer the backlash head-on. Andrew Bosworth, who runs Reality Labs alongside Meta’s technology organisation, took questions in an AMA on his personal Instagram account, telling followers that criticism of camera glasses is being driven by a minority.

“I don’t want the discourse to be entirely shaped by this kind of relatively small number of bad actors,” Bosworth said, in comments reported by Business Insider. He argued ordinary use is the norm: “The majority of people using their glasses are using them in totally normal ways, the way they would use a cell phone camera, but it’s a little more convenient.”

His defence rests on two mechanisms. The first is the recording indicator light, which now stops video when it is covered, after a software update closed a loophole that let wearers start recording, cover the light and keep filming. Frames with the light drilled out or permanently disabled were effectively bricked. The second is moderation: Bosworth said harassing content gets removed and repeat accounts get pulled, though an internal review this summer found enforcement had been uneven.

Neither mechanism closes the obvious gap. A tiny LED still only works if the person across the table notices it, and takedowns land after a clip has already been filmed and posted.

Bosworth closed with a nudge toward Meta’s developer conference: “I feel good about where we are but we’re not stopping, we’re going to continue to invest, and we have more to say at Connect.” Connect runs September 23 and 24, with the keynote at 4:00 p.m. PT.

Source: Mixed News