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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Only a day after a dormant bit of code that seemed to be a facial recognition algorithm was discovered in a companion app for its smart glasses, Meta released an update which removed that code, Wired ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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Your Meta AI app was secretly carrying facial recognition code designed to identify strangers through smart glasses. WIRED’s investigation found that Meta had embedded substantial portions of an ...