Meta Secretly Tested Military-Grade Facial Recognition in Smart Glasses App

Executive Briefing

• Reveals Meta licensed face recognition technology from Rank One Computing, a Pentagon contractor earning 80% revenue from government clients
• Embedded Rank One code and Meta's internal NameTag system were found dormant in an app shipped to over 50 million phones
• Meta deleted both facial recognition systems one day after WIRED's investigation broke, while denying active facial scanning
• Raises regulatory concerns as the US lacks national rules governing facial recognition in consumer technology