EPISODE · Jun 12, 2026 · 35 MIN
Meta Hid Face Recognition on 50 Million Phones
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Meta quietly embedded unreleased facial-recognition code, internally called "nametag" onto more than 50 million phones through its Meta AI app, then deleted it the day after Wired exposed it. This week I also get into Microsoft repos weaponized a second time to push credential-stealing malware to AI users, the UK's ultimatum to scan every device (and Signal's response), the FCC's push to kill burner phones...plus the usual breaches, threats, and a stacked week of FOSS+ updates.🗺️ The open-source answer to Google Timeline is finally here! Replay every route and light up every city you've visited on a map nobody else owns; self-host Dawarich free or grab the hosted version at https://dawarich.app/techlore/ with code TECHLORE for 20% off your first year.🔗 SOURCES & LINKS• Sources, Podcast & Shownotes: https://techlore.tech/meta-hid-face-recognition-code-on-50m-phones-the-uks-device-scanning-ultimatum-a-burner-phone-ban/🔎 RELATED VIDEOShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGliQhv1QCUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd5_5hXa8Zchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i5KH0l895ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj5QL1-jJLg🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE• Become a Techlorian: https://techlore.tech/support/#/portal/signup• All Support Methods: https://techlore.tech/support/🔐 MORE FROM TECHLORE• Homepage & Newsletter: https://techlore.tech/• Our Course, Go Incognito: https://techlore.tech/go-incognito-course/• Our Recommended Tools: https://tools.techlore.tech/• Take Our SPA Quiz: https://quiz.techlore.tech/• Learn more on our SPA Wiki: https://wiki.techlore.tech/• VPN Finder: https://vpn.techlore.tech/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS00:00 WELCOME TO SURVEILLANCE REPORT01:00 META ADDING SNEAKY FACIAL RECOGNITION05:42 MICROSOFT HACKED TO PUSH MALWARE08:38 THE UK'S SURVEILLANCE ULTIMATUM11:40 OUR SPONSOR: DAWARICH!13:20 GOOD & BAD NEWS IN US STATES16:42 FCC BANNING PRIVATE NUMBERS20:00 DEFENSE BULLETIN: DATA BREACHES24:15 DEFENSE BULLETIN: THREATS28:54 DEFENSE BULLETIN: FOSS+#meta #privacy #security...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53QtgdpIo20
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