Meta Continues to Deflect Concerns About Facial Recognition Features
WIRED found the software dormant in Meta’s AI app, which shipped to more than 50 million phones, before the company deleted it.
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Meta is testing smart glass facial recognition tech that’s also used by police and military: Report
An investigative report reveals that Meta licensed face recognition from Rank One, a Pentagon contractor, and built a system called NameTag into an app on 50 million phones before deleting it.
Meta Under Fire After Secretly Testing Military-Grade Facial Recognition Tech
Imagine walking down the street wearing smart glasses that can instantly scan and identify every face in the crowd using the exact same software trusted by the FBI and the U.S. military. As it turns out, tech giant Meta has been quietly exploring that exact reality behind closed doors. According to a recent report, Meta secretly licensed advanced facial recognition software to prototype features for its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses. However,…
Meta has secretly deployed facial recognition on 50 million phones. The code was sleeping in a very common app, ready to identify faces. Its discovery forced the company to step back in an emergency. Meta's facial recognition was sleeping in a consumer app The system had an internal code name, NameTag. It was designed to transform each cross-face into a unique biometric signature, sometimes called a facial print. This fingerprint was then stored…
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