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Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones (opens in new tab) 45 articles covering this post

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VICTORY: Meta Strips Facial Recognition Code From Smart Glasses App After Public Outcry

eff.org··Hacker News

Move Fast, Surveil Things

eff.org··Hacker News

what i read this week - week 23 2026

blog.avas.space·

Meta’s smart glasses face-recognition plans may be further along than you realize

androidauthority.com·

Meta Removes Facial Recognition Code from Ray-Ban Smart Glasses App

petapixel.com·

Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

Meta Furious Over Bombshell Smart Glasses Revelation

tech.yahoo.com··r/technology

Meta Furious Over Bombshell Smart Glasses Revelation

tech.yahoo.com··r/privacy

"Pure Advocacy-Driven Click Bait": Meta Furious Over Bombshell Smart Glasses Revelation

Meta Removes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses, Is Mad About it

Meta’s Facial Recognition Plans for Smart Glasses Are Worse Than We Thought

Wired found code for an unreleased facial recognition feature in Meta's AI app

One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses

arstechnica.com·

Meta accused of preparing facial recognition features for AI smart glasses

digitaltrends.com·

I'm going to AWE 2026 and here's 3 things I'm hoping to see — from Snap Specs to a new Snapdragon XR chip

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Links 05/06/2026: More GAFAM Layoffs, Google Faces Regulatory Crackdown in UK Over Plagiarism in "AI" Clothing

techrights.org·

Meta Ray-Ban glasses may soon identify faces using AI

9to5google.com·

Meta’s smart glasses might soon sport facial recognition — and the code to power this dystopian feature is already present in the Meta AI app on your phone

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Reports suggest Meta was working on another facial recognition feature that was quietly pushed out to millions of users before being just as quietly deleted

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Links 6/10/2026

nakedcapitalism.com·

Meta app contains unreleased smart-glasses face-recognition code

kite.kagi.com·

The Download: AI hacking beyond Mythos, and chatbots’ impact on our brains

technologyreview.com··Hacker News

Anthropic: AI is advancing too fast to leave unchecked

metacurity.com·

Why you should be worried about Meta’s hidden feature

phonearena.com·

#SGGQA 446: WWDC 26 Pre-Show, SpaceX Does AI Now, GoPro In Trouble

somegadgetguy.com·

Anthropic's Latest PR Triumph

Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App - Slashdot

yro.slashdot.org·

New privacy frontier: Europe eyes crackdown on smart glasses

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Ray-Ban Meta: Begleit-App enthält Code für Gesichtserkennung

Gardons à l’œil Mark Zuckerberg et ses projets dystopiques

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Ray-Ban Meta : une fonctionnalité secrète de reconnaissance faciale relance le spectre de Google Glass

blog-nouvelles-technologies.fr·

Meta integriert heimlich Gesichtserkennung in smarte Ray-Ban-Brillen

Vos lunettes Meta préparaient le scanner des visages en secret, l'entreprise fait machine arrière

frandroid.com·

Smart Glasses: Meta hinterlegt Code für Gesichtserkennung in App

« Nous ne créons pas de base de données de visages » : pourtant, Meta travaille encore sur la reconnaissance faciale

frandroid.com·

Ansiktsigenkänning har smugits in i Metas AI-glasögon

La reconnaissance faciale des lunettes Meta s’invite en secret sur des millions de smartphones

phonandroid.com·

Bericht: Code für Gesichtserkennung durch Meta-Smartglasses schon auf Millionen Smartphones

Meta aseguró que seguía pensando si usaba reconocimiento facial en sus gafas. En secreto, ya lo ha instalado en millones de teléfonos

xataka.com.mx·

Pronto no hará falta que te acuerdes del nombre de nadie. Ya lo harán las gafas de Meta por ti

Du code de reconnaissance faciale déniché pour les lunettes de Meta

generation-nt.com·

メタ、スマートグラス向け顔認識システムの関連コードを削除──『WIRED』報道の翌日に

Unas gafas para detectarlos a todos: Meta ya está añadiendo reconocimiento facial a sus 'smart glasses' con Ray-Ban y Oakley

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Meta* удалила систему распознавания лиц из своего приложения для умных очков