VICTORY: Meta Strips Facial Recognition Code From Smart Glasses App After Public Outcry (opens in new tab)  🔬Static Analysis

Just days after a exposed that Meta had quietly embedded facial recognition technology (FRT) code into millions of phones, the tech giant has in demands to reverse course. Last week, researchers identified code in Meta AI, a companion app for its line of smart glasses, that could convert images of faces into unique biometric signatures to identify strangers in public. EFF’s Threat Lab through static analysis, and reminded consumers tothink twice before buying or using Meta’s surveillance glas...