Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System from Smart Glasses App After Wired Report
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- #Data Privacy
- #Face Recognition
- #Meta Investigation
- Meta removed an unreleased face-recognition system called NameTag from its Meta AI app after WIRED's investigation.
- The system, integrated into an app on over 50 million phones, stored biometric data and faces locally without user consent.
- Meta executives dismissed the reporting as misleading, despite internal documents indicating plans for release.
- The company declined to answer key questions about data storage, usage, and user opt-in/out options.
- Privacy advocates warn the system could enable stalking and call for stronger legal protections.
- Remaining code fragments hint at the system's former presence, though core components were stripped.