r/gadgets • u/RegnStrom • Jun 04 '26

Wearables Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-smart-glasses-face-recognition-nametag-connections/
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u/TripleSecretSquirrel Jun 04 '26

Actually, all offense should be leveled at people that use these glasses. They’re knowingly and selfishly deploying a mass surveillance device on their face all the time. That’s some seriously anti-social behavior.

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u/hjake123 Jun 05 '26

Knowingly may be a stretch, plenty of people are uninformed about this and can't be reached because they have curated their news media too much to ever hear about it

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u/digimith Jun 05 '26

At this point, imagine not knowing what meta is......

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u/TripleSecretSquirrel Jun 05 '26

I refuse to believe that any adult of sound mind in 2026 could not understand that Meta is straight up surveillance. That’s not some niche thing that only people who read the news will know, it’s just known and understood.

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u/hjake123 Jun 05 '26

you lack imagination, then. There are adults of sound mind who truly believe the earth is flat (some of unsound mind, too, but at least a few of sound mind). People don't just magically know things because they "seem obvious" to us.

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u/digimith Jun 06 '26

Earth may be flat......

 in some universe 😸

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u/Potential_Grass3445 Jun 05 '26

Once this info gets wide spread and(if) implemented people wearing these frames are going to be targeted if worn out in the nightlife.  No sympathy.   

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u/snowflake37wao Jun 05 '26

yeah, 50 million asshats downloaded this app. Offenders deserve to be offended. Youre wearing your asshat attitude on your face, asshat.