Meta Removes Facial Recognition Code From Ray-Ban Smart Glasses App
The latest Meta AI update strips out face-recognition libraries and local faceprint storage after WIRED found the unreleased NameTag system.
- On Friday, Meta removed a dormant facial recognition system called NameTag from its Meta AI app following a WIRED report exposing the code hidden within companion software for its Ray-Ban smart glasses.
- Last week, WIRED revealed the unreleased NameTag feature was embedded in the Meta AI app, downloaded by more than 50 million users, designed to convert captured faces into biometric 'faceprints' for identification.
- Meta Vice President of Communications Andy Stone dismissed the report as 'dishonest,' characterizing the system as 'exploratory' and claiming 'the feature does not exist' despite internal code suggesting otherwise.
- The update on Friday stripped out the facial recognition software, debug labels, and biometric storage folders, effectively deleting traces of the controversial system from the latest application version.
- More than 70 advocacy organizations have urged Meta to abandon facial recognition plans, warning of risks to privacy and public safety as regulators examine implications of AI-powered wearable technology.
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Meta pulled facial recognition code from its smart glasses app one day after WIRED found it
Meta removed nearly all traces of an unreleased facial recognition system from its smart glasses companion app on Friday, one day after WIRED reported that the software had been quietly embedded in an app installed on more than 50 million phones. The feature, which Meta internally called NameTag, was designed to convert faces captured by […] This story continues at The Next Web
Meta removes undisclosed smart glasses facial recognition system after WIRED report
MANILA, Philippines – Meta has removed the code related to a facial recognition system found on the Meta AI app that is used by the company’s smart glasses, Monday, June 8. The removal comes after a June 4 report by American tech magazine WIRED found the said code and system called NameTag, which is used to automatically identify people captured by the glasses, with the capability of turning faces into biometric signatures called “faceprints.” …
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