Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
2026-04-14T08:52:10Z•8fdafd64efc4b7613bc2de9b5eed9df6ba8d0bb7433be7558d49bcc1f971f773
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What happened
This Wired security roundup highlights a wave of high-risk cyber and privacy threats: civil-society groups warn Meta’s proposed face-recognition smart glasses would endanger vulnerable populations; multiple breaches and leaks (Mercor, Claude code leak, stolen Cisco source, FBI wiretap tools) are circulating with added malware and supply‑chain implications; Iran-linked actors and other state-aligned hackers are targeting US energy, water, and tech firms; local infrastructure hacks (crosswalk announcements) and exposed CBP facility codes reveal weak operational security; and proliferating tools—
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