Whether Meta has made it official or not, all signs point to its smart glasses eventually colliding with facial recognition.
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.
If a facial recognition database is breached, the “locks” that a template opens – accessing a bank app, getting through security at an airport, entering an office building – can’t be reset. A person’s ...
Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that Meta was developing software for its smart glasses to identify people, presumably using data from its social networks, such as Facebook and ...
Walking through the mall shouldn't feel like a police lineup, but chances are you're already in one. That innocuous security camera above the food court? It's not just recording—it's scanning faces, ...
For years, Google Photos was the easiest part of my online life. But the convenience came with a steep hidden cost.
Amazon faces a lawsuit claiming Ring cameras scanned and stored facial data from visitors and passersby without consent, raising privacy concerns.
Tasmania’s government has pulled 468,000 driver’s licence photos from a national facial recognition database over concerns about biometric data security.
A woman strolls into a grocery store, thinking about grabbing some apples. Before she even reaches the produce aisle, a security camera has scanned her face. Whether the system is checking for ...
A woman strolls into a grocery store, thinking about grabbing some apples. Before she even reaches the produce aisle, a security camera has scanned her face. Whether the system is checking for ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jonathan S. Weissman, Rochester Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) A woman ...