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 ...

Only a day after a dormant bit of code that seemed to be a facial recognition algorithm was discovered in a companion app for its smart glasses, Meta released an update which removed that code, ...

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. The most recent version of Meta ...

Meta is facing fresh privacy questions after a report revealed that its smart glasses companion app contains dormant facial recognition technology. The feature, reportedly called “NameTag,” isn’t ...

A document from the Department of Homeland Security outlines plans to issue local police facial recognition technology used ...

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 ...

Your Meta AI app was secretly carrying facial recognition code designed to identify strangers through smart glasses. WIRED’s investigation found that Meta had embedded substantial portions of an ...

WASHINGTON – The US Secret Service has begun using a face-scanning mobile phone application similar to a tool that federal immigration agents have for months wielded to identify people as part of a ...