Meta Quietly Added Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses
Meta has been developing a facial recognition feature called 'NameTag' for its smart glasses, which could identify people and store faceprints. Although the feature is not yet active, it raises significant privacy concerns among advocacy groups. Many organizations have called for Meta to halt these plans due to the potential risks to civil liberties.
- ▪Meta has been quietly installing facial recognition in its Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses.
- ▪The feature, if activated, will use AI to identify people and store faceprints on users' phones.
- ▪Over 70 organizations have demanded Meta halt its NameTag facial recognition plans, citing threats to privacy and civil liberties.
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According to a report from Wired, Meta has been quietly installing facial recognition in its Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses for the last few months. Internally called "NameTag", the feature, if activated, will use AI to identify people captured by Ray-Ban Meta's camera, alert the wearer when it recognizes someone, and store faceprints on users' phones. How Meta's "NameTag" worksThe software has not been switched on, but if it is, it will use Meta's AI app to transform images of anyone photographed with Meta glasses into a biometric faceprint, and check against a database of faceprints stored locally on the user's Meta AI mobile app. If it finds a match, the user will be notified.
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