#Meta Silently Added #FaceRecognition Code for Its #SmartGlasses to Millions of Phones
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.
#privacy #security
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-smart-glasses-face-recognition-nametag-connections/
“Dystopian” Police.AI Launches in UK Amid False Arrests
source: reclaimthenet.org/dystopian-po…
He has company. Colin McMahon, a 59-year-old roofer, was #handcuffed on Harlesden High Street by the Metropolitan #Police after a #camera linked him to a £300 furniture #theft from Ikea.
There was a small problem with that allegation though. He was running an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting ten miles away at the time, and a magistrate later acquitted him.
The evidence that justified hauling him to court? Court documents show officers noted he had “the same glasses, similar facial features, a skinny body structure and similar white shoes” as the #suspect.
#robocop #future #uk #ai #technology #software #crime #justice #court #humanrights #fail #news #politics #Automation #jail #prison #cctv #facerecognition #computer #bigdata #bigbrother #surveillance #society #dystopia #orwell #arrest
🥸 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/
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
A New York Cop Got Injured at a Boxing Match. Now Madison Square Garden Is Banning His Lawyer
Sehen wir uns auf der diesjährigen @republica ? Ihr könnt uns an unserem Mitmachstand: „Let‘s confuse the Algorithm“ besuchen. Wir freuen uns auf euch! 🔥🔥🔥
https://re-publica.com/de/session/lets-confuse-algorithm
#Republica #data #uberwachung #aktivismus #activism #berlin #algorithm #facerecognition #AI #DigitaleSouveränität
Smart Glasses for the Authorities
ICE is developing its own version of smart glasses, with facial recognition tied to various databases.... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/smart-glasses-for-the-authorities.html
A corporation scans your face, adds you to a criminal database, shares it with dozens of retailers, and when it's wrong, you get £25 voucher and silence from the ICO.
We gave algorithms the power to punish. We gave victims a QR code.
#society #technology #ai #statistics #justice #law #facerecognition
I wonder whether wearing an #FFP2 #respirator inside the store makes a false accusation more or less likely.
#Disneyland Now Uses #FaceRecognition on Visitors
Plus: The #NSA tests Anthropic’s #Mythos Preview to find #vulnerabilities , a #Finnish teen is charged over the #ScatteredSpider #hacking spree, and more.
#privacy #security #anthropic #biometrics #ai
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