Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses
Meta is facing a lawsuit alleging it used facial recognition technology to train systems connected to its smart glasses. The case centers on how the company may have collected or processed biometric data in developing the wearable product.
Why this matters: Smart glasses are different from a phone you choose to unlock. They can scan faces passively, in public, without the people being scanned knowing it is happening. If Meta trained facial recognition on data collected this way, that is a serious line crossed. Biometric data is not a password you can reset. Your face is permanent. Lawsuits like this matter because they force the question of what companies are actually doing inside products people wear in the world.
Who should care: Lawyers · Privacy officers · Compliance · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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