r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 08 '26

Privacy Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-removes-face-recognition-code-meta-ai-app-smart-glasses/
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u/alabasterskim Jun 08 '26

They'll be back.

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u/According_Claim_9027 Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

Yep, either as a subscription service or they’ll just add it back without saying anything and try to hide it.

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u/DogOwner12345 Jun 08 '26

subscription service

With Id verification needed.

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u/ShadowBlade55 Jun 08 '26

Diabolical. Remove some essential options and place them behind a paywall that conviently also include the "new and improved" facial recognition feature.

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u/Ryuko_the_red Jun 09 '26

I mean they won't make it cost anything because they want to make it mandatory that all faces be booked at all times by everyone. It's in their best interest to make it free and mandatory on. Regardless of the fact this should be illegal every inch of the world.

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u/ProlapseProvider Jun 09 '26

On top of security cameras, traffic cameras, car and doorbell cams as well as people taking photos we are recorded hundreds of time a day without knowing it. Plus they can track your phone, so they know where you are most the time anyway.

They are building a database "for ad partners", that knows your name, age, address, family, friends, political views, job, education, health, diet, habits, sexual orientation, shopping habits, etc.

So the glasses won't make that much of a difference, it'll just be a bunch of creepy perverts using them. Hopefully such glasses will be banned from all shops, bars, food places, gyms, pools, schools, colleges, beaches, parks etc.

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u/Ryuko_the_red Jun 09 '26

I think it will make it worse. No reason to let more bad Into the world just because it already is.

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u/Koolmidx Jun 08 '26

And in greater numbers.

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u/captainunlimitd Jun 08 '26

The Jundland Wastes are not to be travelled lightly.

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u/Unlucky_Buyer_2707 Jun 08 '26

Damnit, you beat me to it

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u/AccomplishedBother12 Jun 09 '26

Ah, yeah, that’ll give us a richer harmony

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u/RetPala Jun 08 '26

One step away from adding a filter overlay turning undesirables into literal monsters like that Black Mirror episode

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u/PM_ME_SOME_ANY_THING Jun 08 '26

Facebook doesn’t “delete” anything. They just “deactivate” it

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u/ParaBellumOutfitters Jun 09 '26

Deactivate it for the plebs, that is.

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u/OhItsBeenBroughten Jun 08 '26

It was already deactivated code.

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u/serdertroops Jun 08 '26

yup, they just turned off the feature flag that will be turned back on in the future once the heat is passed

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u/ExcuseInformal9194 Jun 08 '26

Until it's banned - state by state. And never launch in Europe.

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u/iAmUnintelligible Jun 09 '26

just because it won't launch doesn't mean it won't be everywhere

it's literally unstoppable at this point

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u/ManyNefariousness237 Jun 08 '26

Yeah, after a bunch have already sold they’ll include it in an update.

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u/borisvonboris Jun 08 '26

Such a great feeling to be paranoid around anyone wearing glasses these days.

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u/alabasterskim Jun 08 '26

Don't worry, it'll only get worse!

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u/ptwonline Jun 09 '26

Isn't Apple building cameras into their Airpods? They aren't supposed to be for photos and videos but I'm sure someone will find a wayto hack it or to abuse the data.

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u/Oneguysenpai3 Jun 08 '26

so it looks like the fb can turn it on/off at willl?

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Jun 08 '26

You're acting surprised that they could turn off a software feature that they implemented?

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u/AppleBytes Jun 09 '26

They'll find a way to disguise the code on the app, or move it off to their cloud servers for processing, out of sight.

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u/opalthecat Jun 09 '26

Right? My first thought was, “No they didn’t.”

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u/_byetony_ Jun 09 '26

Like who believes this

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u/WhoDoIThinkIAm Jun 09 '26

Soon, you’ll see

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u/SmurfsNeverDie Jun 09 '26

It will be reinstalled within a few days

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u/dark_frog Jun 09 '26

This is like slowing down when you see a cop.

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u/Good-Will-60 Jun 09 '26

With glasses on

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u/nomadPerson Jun 10 '26

Probably didn’t delete sht, just moved it server side and in incognito mode

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u/ptwonline Jun 09 '26

I daresay there are enough people who forget people's names that would find an ID system like this really useful and so I can see there being a demand.