On one hand, the idea that my smart glasses could remind me of someone’s name when I see them is close to the top feature I can imagine for them; I’m terrible at remembering names on the fly. On the other, the very fucking last company on Earth I want in that loop is Facebook.
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.