Meta Pulled Facial Recognition Feature from Ray-Ban Smart Glasses App

Meta quietly pulled a facial recognition feature called 'Name Tag' from the Ray-Ban smart glasses companion app after researchers found it buried in the code. The feature was never live for users, but its presence in the app raised real concerns about wearable cameras being used to identify strangers in public. Not directly a photography story, but photographers shooting in public spaces with any wearable or body-worn camera should be aware this is the direction some manufacturers are heading, and the regulatory and public-reaction pressure that follows.