… Andy Stone, Meta's vice president of communications, told WIRED on Monday that the feature is purely exploratory, adding: “No final decision has been made on what to do here, if anything.” On Thursday, WIRED reported that Meta had quietly integrated substantial portions of the NameTag system into t… …
… No part of NameTag is currently running or sending biometric data to Meta's servers today, according to a security researcher who reviewed the code Wired found , but past versions of the Meta AI app have included interface elements for the feature, like a "Connections" menu that suggests users "rem… …
Posted Jun 4, 2026 at 8:04 PM UTC E Emma Roth Wired found references to a facial recognition system in Meta’s smart glasses app. Meta isn’t happy about the framing of the report . …
… Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton initially confirmed to WIRED that the company is investigating the security issue. As this story was being published, he added that Meta is pausing the data collection program indefinitely. …
De Meta AI-app bevat code voor een nog niet uitgebrachte gezichtsherkenningsfunctie voor Meta's slimme brillen. Dat ontdekte Wired. …
… The mood across the company is dark enough that Meta’s chief product officer, Chris Cox, felt compelled to address the “brutal” environment on a call with employees this week, said Wired. TechCrunch has reached out to Meta for comment. …
… In early June, an investigation by Wired exposed how Meta had quietly embedded code for dormant facial recognition software under the internal designation "NameTag." The feature, if rolled out, could have allowed Meta smart glasses to biometrically identify anyone in view -- in real time, without c… …
… Inside Meta, the imminent cuts are among several concerns that have sunk morale to unprecedented depths, according to 16 current and former employees who recently spoke to WIRED. …
… After triggering NameTag with Foucault’s image, the app produced a notification: “Person recognized.” “The main components of a face-recognition feature are already in Meta's companion app,” Buchodi says. “Not many pieces stand between this and a working feature.” In April, more than 70 advocacy gr… …
… Meta deleted them from the app entirely on June 5, a day after WIRED revealed that the company had quietly built an unreleased face-recognition system, internally called NameTag, into the Meta AI app—the companion software for its smart glasses, downloaded to more than 50 million phones. …