Meta embeds facial recognition in smart glasses app, raising privacy concerns
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Marc Vartabedian
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Summary
Meta has quietly embedded facial recognition technology, internally called "NameTag," into its smart glasses via a phone app update. The feature, which hasn't been activated yet, can identify people captured by the glasses' camera and alert the wearer. Privacy watchdogs have raised concerns about the implications of this technology being deployed in wearable devices.
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· 3 pulledKnown internally as 'NameTag,' the feature has the capacity to identify people captured by the glasses' camera and alert the wearer when it recognizes someone, Wired reported.
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta quietly embedded facial recognition tech in its smart glasses, sparking concern from privacy watchdogs, according to a report.
The tech, which Meta hasn't activated yet, came in an app that was downloaded to millions of phones, according to Wired, which analyzed the software.
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