Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
2026-06-04T20:52:12Z•d8663beffb8d45768324cd94dbad1d391e10e260a6729e59201db8e445b99515
AI safetyAndroid caller verificationFROSTGitHubSSDTeamPCPbiometricsdeepfakesface recognitionhotel data breachlaw enforcement surveillancelicense plate readerslocation privacymilitary operational securityphone scamsprivacyside-channelspear-phishingsupply chainsurveillanceunpatched exploit
What happened
The Wired Security feed highlights a cluster of high-impact privacy and security developments: Meta quietly added unreleased face-recognition/nametag code into its smart-glasses platform that can ID people using biometric data stored on phones; a new browser-based SSD side-channel called FROST lets sites infer user activity via drive I/O; and TeamPCP is conducting large-scale software supply-chain attacks affecting GitHub and many projects. Other stories detail operational harms from leaked location data exposing US troops, hotel-reservation data being abused for spear-phishing, a live/unanest
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- 2026-06-04T20:52:12Z
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