Meta has reportedly embedded unreleased face-recognition code for its smart glasses inside the Meta AI app.
The feature, internally called NameTag, does not appear to be enabled yet.
Meta says it is still only exploring the technology, but the new report says core components were added as early as January.
Ray-Ban Meta glasses are already facing fresh privacy questions after a report highlighted how modders are physically disabling the recording LED for covert filming. That’s unsettling enough, but hidden recording may not be the only concern around Meta’s smart glasses. According to a new investigation, Meta has already embedded code for an unreleased face-recognition system for its smart glasses inside the Meta AI app.
WIRED says it reviewed code in Meta’s live companion app and found references to a feature internally called NameTag, which appears designed to identify people seen by the glasses’ camera. The Meta AI app is used with the company’s Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, and the app has been downloaded more than 50 million times.
