{
  "id": 15729,
  "url": "https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-pervert-glasses-crackdown-failing-led-sticker-bypass",
  "title": "A $2 sticker defeats the one feature holding Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ together",
  "summary": "Meta’s answer to the “pervert glasses” problem was a small light. It switches on when the camera records, to warn anyone nearby. A sticker costing a couple of dollars switches it off. Engadget’s Karissa Bell tested the workarounds now on sale, cheap LED-blocking stickers marketed as “privacy” accessories. One kit cost $16.99 for a dozen. […] This story continues at The Next Web",
  "authors": "Ana Maria Constantin",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "privacy-surveillance",
  "orgs": "meta",
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-31T14:16:18.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-03T05:10:47.622Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-next-web-ai",
  "source_name": "The Next Web AI",
  "source_homepage": "https://thenextweb.com/topic/artificial-intelligence",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15729",
  "original_url": "https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-pervert-glasses-crackdown-failing-led-sticker-bypass",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}