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.

The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta ...

The 'disappearing into the bushes like Homer Simpson' strategy is a bold choice.

Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that Meta was developing software for its smart glasses to identify people, ...

The company says it's not building a central face database.

Meta secretly shipped facial recognition code in Ray-Ban smart glasses app, then deleted it within 24 hours after WIRED ...

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

Meta has reportedly removed facial-recognition code from its smart glasses companion app, shelving a controversial feature ...

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 ...

A report suggests ties between Meta's facial recognition technology and a company that sells surveillance tools to military ...

Meta removed NameTag facial recognition code from its AI app after WIRED found biometric software on 50 million phones that Meta said "does not exist." ...

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 ...