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⚡️👓 NEW - Meta Quietly Added Facial Recognition Code to Its Smart Glasses App
A new WIRED investigation reports that Meta quietly included facial recognition technology in its Meta AI app, which works with Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses. The app has been downloaded more than 50 million times.
Researchers found a hidden feature called “NameTag” that can detect faces and create digital face profiles.
They activated parts of the system and received notifications showing a person had been recognized.
Meta says the feature is not available to users and is currently turned off.
The company also says it has not decided whether to launch facial recognition and is not building a central database of faces.
Published at
2026-06-07 05:36:26 UTCEvent JSON
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