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 denied face scanning tech on AI smartglasses, and then silently wiped the evidence
Meta’s smart glasses privacy problem has taken another turn. After WIRED found inactive face-identification references inside the Meta AI app, the same code has now reportedly vanished in a follow-up ...
Meta has been quietly embedding facial recognition code in its smart glasses companion app since January 2026. The system, called NameTag, uses three AI models to identify people and is already on ...
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