Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
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Meta shipped face recognition code to millions, then deleted it after exposure

Meta secretly shipped facial recognition code in Ray-Ban smart glasses app, then deleted it within 24 hours after WIRED ...

Meta quietly added facial recognition code for smart glasses to its app, says it's just exploring

The company says it's not building a central face database.
Forbes

Woman Wrongfully Jailed 5 Months After AI Facial Recognition Error

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Digital forensics, AI, deepfakes, and what becomes proof in court. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
Engadget

Wired found code for an unreleased facial recognition feature in Meta's AI app

Code for a facial recognition feature that can run on Meta smart glasses is buried in the company's Meta AI app, according to a new report from Wired. While not currently enabled, accessible to ...
techtimes

Meta Smart Glasses Facial Recognition Code Is Already on Millions of Phones, Wired Finds

A view of a cellphone with which Colombia's presidential candidate Paloma Valencia, of the Centro Democratico party, takes a selfie during a campaign rally in Villavicencio, Meta department, Colombia ...
Android Authority

Meta’s smart glasses face-recognition plans may be further along than you realize

Meta has reportedly embedded unreleased face-recognition code for its smart glasses inside the Meta AI app. The feature, internally called NameTag, does not appear to be enabled yet. Meta says it is ...