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.

Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that Meta was developing software for its smart glasses to identify people, ...

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

The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta ...

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

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A report suggests ties between Meta's facial recognition technology and a company that sells surveillance tools to military ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta quietly embedded facial recognition tech in its smart glasses, sparking concern from privacy watchdogs, according to a report. The tech, which Meta hasn’t activated yet, came in ...

Meta has reportedly removed facial-recognition code from its smart glasses companion app, shelving a controversial feature ...

"Despite the billions of reasons not to, Meta seems to have created the capacity to turn their customers into a distributed ...

Meta removed NameTag facial recognition code from its AI app after WIRED found biometric software on 50 million phones that Meta said "does not exist." ...

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 ...