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

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260605004216/https://www.wired.com/story/meta-smart-glasses-face-recognition-nametag-connections/