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.

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.

Meta Quietly Removes Face-Recognition Code From Its Smart Glasses App

The 'disappearing into the bushes like Homer Simpson' strategy is a bold choice.
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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 ...