… Gone is the face-recognition software itself, along with the code that ran NameTag and the “Person recognised” alert the app would have shown. The update strips out a folder where the app would have stored cropped images and biometric signatures of faces it captured but could not identify. …
… In November 2021, the company ended Facebook's photo-tagging system and said it would delete the face recognition templates of more than a billion users, framing the decision as “a company-wide move away from this kind of broad identification.” Meta said at the time that it needed to “weigh the pos… …
… No part of NameTag is currently running or sending biometric data to Meta's servers today, according to a security researcher who reviewed the code Wired found , but past versions of the Meta AI app have included interface elements for the feature, like a "Connections" menu that suggests users "rem… …
… None of this means NameTag is definitely rolling out, and Meta’s 2021 shutdown of Facebook’s earlier face-recognition system shows how fraught this territory already is. It’s easy to see how face recognition in smart glasses could be handy if it helps you remember someone you’ve met before. …
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… Last week, Wired reported it had found code that suggested Meta had quietly embedded face-recognition technology into its smart glasses app. …
… If activated, the feature—known internally as NameTag—would let wearers identify people in front of them by matching captured faces against a biometric gallery sitting on the user’s device. …
… 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 … …
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