There's already social media outrage that [AirPods Pro](https://appleinsider.com/inside/airpods-pro "AirPods Pro") are going to get a camera very soon. Like with mockery about the Snuggie, the Clapper, and so forth, most of the drama badly misses the point.

AirPods Pro 2

Meta's AI specs are creepy. They have nearly invisible cameras, whose main protection for the non-wearer is a light that is easily defeated by a piece of electrical tape.

This is just the way [that they want it](https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/11/07/why-camera-equipped-smart-glasses-are-already-a-privacy-disaster). The "protections" that Meta has implemented are pointless by design.

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