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. Code ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meta smart glasses are back in the privacy spotlight after a WIRED investigation found dormant face-recognition code inside the Meta AI app. The feature, called NameTag, could identify people seen ...

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Your Meta AI app was secretly carrying facial recognition code designed to identify strangers through smart glasses. WIRED’s investigation found that Meta had embedded substantial portions of an ...

Only a day after a dormant bit of code that seemed to be a facial recognition algorithm was discovered in a companion app for its smart glasses, Meta released an update which removed that code, Wired ...

A view of a cellphone with which Colombia's presidential candidate Paloma Valencia, of the Centro Democratico party, takes a selfie during a campaign rally in Villavicencio, Meta department, Colombia ...

The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back. The most recent version of Meta ...

The Meta AI application has revealed indications of potential facial recognition development for Meta Platforms Ray-Ban smart glasses, reigniting concerns over data privacy and personal information ...

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 ...