Opinion

Meta quietly removes face-recognition code from its smart glasses app

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, ...
The Next Web

Meta pulled facial recognition code from its smart glasses app one day after WIRED found it, then denied the timing was related

Meta stripped NameTag facial recognition code from its AI app one day after WIRED exposed it on 50 million phones. Meta says no decision has been made. Meta removed nearly all traces of an unreleased ...
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 ...
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Meta Smart Glasses ‘Faceprint’ Code Can Reportedly Track Faces, Raising Privacy Concerns

Meta is now in the hot seat after a recent discovery has revealed a "Faceprint" code embedded within the software used by its smart glasses wearables. The said code is reportedly capable of using ...
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 ...