… But the decision was never understood internally as a permanent retreat, says Jerome, who joined Reality Labs in mid-2021. “There was always this tension of, well, when do we roll back out face recognition?” In 2025, according to internal documents reviewed by The Times, Meta planned to debut face … …
… Real-time face recognition, the group warned, would compound what it called the “already serious and apparently unlawful” privacy risks of the existing Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which can covertly record bystanders with no warning beyond a small light that is easily hidden. …
… On Tuesday, Democratic senators Ron Wyden, Ed Markey, and Jeff Merkley addressed an open letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the company’s reported plans to integrate face-recognition technology into these devices. “Given Meta’s vast data collections, its smart glasses could capture images of … …
… After the notable flop that is the Apple Vision Pro, Apple is recalibrating its face-wearable strategy, moving away from augmented reality AR toward simpler, display-less, and hopefully good-looking glasses. That's not to say that you shouldn't be careful how you use these glasses. …
Meta has been quietly stashing dormant face recognition code on more than 50 million phones, WIRED reported this week, tucked inside the companion app that pairs with its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses. …