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Meta's smart glasses platform includes unreleased face-recognition code

Meta has reportedly embedded face-recognition code within its smart glasses platform, designed to identify individuals using biometric data stored on users' phones. This unreleased system, discovered through code review, raises privacy concerns. The technology aims to recognize people through their phone's stored data, even without explicit user consent for this specific feature. AI

IMPACT Raises significant privacy concerns regarding the use of facial recognition technology in consumer devices.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a feature embedded in a product, not a core AI release or research.

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Meta's smart glasses platform includes unreleased face-recognition code

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones | WIRED https://www. wired.com/story/meta-smart-gla sses-face-recognition-

    Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones | WIRED https://www. wired.com/story/meta-smart-gla sses-face-recognition-nametag-connections/ > Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart g…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🥸 Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones https://www. wired.com/story/meta-smart-gla sses-face-recognition-nameta

    🥸 Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones https://www. wired.com/story/meta-smart-gla sses-face-recognition-nametag-connections/ # facerecognition # privacy # meta # ai