Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses

high · Wired · Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra · 15 Jun 2026 · 09:00 UTC · Surveillance & Privacy · 1 min read

Summary

Meta's development of face recognition technology for smart glasses using Pentagon-connected suppliers represents convergence of corporate and military surveillance infrastructure with potential for mass biometric tracking.

Rank One, whose board includes a former CIA deputy director and a former FBI science chief, supplied face recognition to Meta for internal development of its smart glasses app.

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