Meta's ships facial recognition on smart glasses

Post by giobox » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC

KaiserPro wrote: post #17

KaiserPro wrote: post #6

Former Facebook wanker, who worked in research. 1) we were always told and legal always pushed back hard on anything face detecting.(ie haar cascade "this is a face" let alone actual this is dave/sally) 2) the FTC would audit us to make sure we weren't doing that kind of stuff 3) all of the research prototypes had inbuilt/inline face removers up until 2024(I left after that so I don't know when/if that changed) 3.1)…

now, I will say that Boz was pushing to have facial recognition when I was were, and some of the early storyboards for XROS were pretty reilant on it (ie in an office having the sims like diamonds above your head that indicated who you were and if you were busy) I assumed that Zuck said no because he'd had enough time with the lawyer and the FTC sniffing about to not bother. However the glasses based AI lifelog stuff…

Post by adammarples » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC

joshred wrote: post #63

Gooblebrai wrote: post #41

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Sorry that you have to deal with this condition. What method do you use currently to help with recognising them?

Usually you talk to them and then you remember who they are or where you know them from. It's not like you can't tell your wife apart from your orthodontist.

Post by hsbauauvhabzb » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC

inlined wrote: post #202

filup wrote: post #34

I can't think of one single practical use case for this that would benefit my life, because, right behind the glasses I have my very own locally available facial recognition built in.

I’m not diagnosed face blind but I’m hoooooorble with names. It’s weird because I’ve been tested and score in the 98th percentile for memory generally. I hung out with a large group of people for nearly a decade and couldn’t remember who was who until the pandemic. The names under zoom helped me gradually learn over weeks. When I teach scuba I recite the list of student names for my class in as random an order as pos…

Post by gherkinnn » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 7:43 PM UTC

teeray wrote: post #23

I fail to see how nonstop recording of every interaction with people in everyday life will pass muster in a two-party consent state.

Post by Eisenstein » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 8:35 PM UTC

ncr100 wrote: post #247

guelo wrote: post #77

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What does tribal nepotism mean here?

Facebook.com, the OG first version, was access limited to certain higher education institutions. Like you couldn't get an account at Facebook in 2005 unless you were were a ... I don't remember ... Harvard student? Regarding nepotism: You know, "oh I remember that guy from my time at Harvard University so let's hire him" .. isn't that nepotism?