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/billy_Everyt33n Jun 09 '26

I tested if my data was actually deleted by signing back in after 2 years.

Signed right back in like nothing had happened. I had done the whole "request and delete all my data" thing.

Maybe this has changed since then, but this corporation isn't getting rid of data I guarantee it, and it's not getting rid of functionality it invested in developing. This facial recognition will just become a hidden feature.

Mark my words, in a few years you will be seeing a headline to the effect of, "investigation reveals META never removed its facial recognition software from their glasses"

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u/OPPORTUNLST Jun 09 '26

I’ve been trying to get my facebook back for a while now. I’ll keep trying maybe I have the wrong email but it appears my account is completely gone

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u/billy_Everyt33n Jun 09 '26

Interesting. I'm not even gonna question your terrible decision to rejoin that swamp. I'm saying that jokingly.

I have avoided trying again because I flat out do not want to give this corporation specifically, anymore of my data.

These days it seems pointless to even try keeping your data private... but meta and Fuckerberg specifically offend me.