Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report

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.

Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

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.

Meta quietly removes face-recognition code from its smart glasses app

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Meta shipped face recognition code to millions, then deleted it after exposure

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

Meta Smart Glasses App Had Hidden Face Recognition Code All Along

Meta is facing new privacy questions after a report found dormant facial recognition technology inside the companion app for ...
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Meta Embeds Face Recognition Code in Smart Glasses App

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 ...
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Meta face recognition for its glasses came from a Pentagon contractor, WIRED reports

Meta licensed the face recognition in its smart glasses from Rank One, a Pentagon contractor that earns 80% of revenue from governments, WIRED reports.
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Meta’s Smart Glasses Face-Recognition Code Raises Alarm

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 ...

Meta denied face scanning tech on AI smartglasses, and then silently wiped the evidence

Dormant face-recognition code reportedly appeared in Meta’s smart glasses app, then disappeared after scrutiny. That has put Meta’s AI eyewear plans back under the privacy spotlight.The Latest Tech ...
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Face Recognition Code Was Found In Meta AI

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 ...
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Meta Smart Glasses Facial Recognition Code Is Already on Millions of Phones, Wired Finds

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 ...
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Meta’s smart glasses face-recognition plans may be further along than you realize

Meta has reportedly embedded unreleased face-recognition code for its smart glasses inside the Meta AI app. The feature, internally called NameTag, does not appear to be enabled yet. Meta says it is ...