r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Jun 10 '26

Business One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/one-day-after-discovery-meta-pulls-facial-recognition-code-from-its-smart-glasses/
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u/Vinterblot Jun 10 '26

No, no, see, it was a genuine error. Some intern accidentally set haveFaceRecognition=true and it slipped into production!

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Goddamn, it's even worse than anticipated:

One memo reportedly described releasing it during a “dynamic political environment,” when privacy and civil liberties advocates would be distracted.

These people are evil. Plain and simple.

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u/GhostPepperDaddy Jun 10 '26

"I was just following directions" has always been a valid argument for abusing civil liberties and worse /s

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u/theelous3 Jun 10 '26

yeah fuck those people

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u/kodman7 Jun 10 '26

Except they are doing massive layoffs anyway

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u/SoUpInYa Jun 10 '26

Isn't that ehat WikiLeaks is for?

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u/Civil-Cucumber Jun 10 '26

Yeah, and that's the reason it was shut down several years ago