Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have been quite polarizing since they were released a few years ago. Even though Meta has sold 7 million units last year alone. Many content creators, including myself, have bought and use them mostly for recording content. With very few people using it for the AI features. But Wired found some code in the Meta AI app that should have you worried.
For years, people have been worried about Meta and facial recognition, especially with these glasses. And it appears that Meta is preparing this feature right now. Wired has found the hidden NameTag feature, which includes three AI models.
- One detects the face
- One crops the face and stores it on the phone
- The third AI model checks the biometric data against other “faceprints” already stored on the phone.
That’s pretty scary, that it’s not only able to recognize people, but it’s also able to store this data on your phone. Now, the silver-lining here is that it does sound like this will be on-device only. Since the photos are being stored on your phone.
Meta did respond to Wired’s findings, saying that this was “merely evidence” that Meta is toying with the idea and “nothing has shipped to consumers and no final decision has been made.” Which is all true. Companies like Meta, Google, even Apple, are always toying with new ideas for features and they don’t always pan out.
This feature could really help those that are bad with names
We’ve all been there, ran into someone that we’ve seen a bunch of times, but just can’t put a finger on their name. Imagine if the Meta Ray-Bans could tell you in your ears who this person is, in real-time? Or if you’re wearing the Meta Ray-Ban Displays, it could show you the person, maybe when you last met, etc. That would be very helpful. But of course, a huge privacy issue.
If any other company was doing this, maybe a smaller company like L’Attitude, who just opened pre-orders for their smart glasses this week, the response might be different. But almost no one trusts Meta at this point.
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