WIRED found dormant facial recognition code called NameTag in the Meta AI app, already on 50M+ phones. Here's how it works.

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, presumably using data from its social networks, such as Facebook and ...

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Meta was previously reported to be exploring facial recognition for its smart glasses.

Meta has introduced facial recognition functionality to its smart glasses platform that is designed to identify strangers through their biometric data, security researchers have warned. The ...

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 ...