With the deregulation of the Trump administration, Meta has shifted its attitude towards facial recognition technology. Previously, Meta had considered incorporating the technology into its first generation of smart glasses, but ultimately abandoned the idea. Now, the company has begun actively developing wearable devices with facial recognition capabilities.

It is reported that Meta has recently discussed adding facial recognition technology to its smart glasses, which will become part of the internal \super sensing\ feature.

Currently, this feature is limited by the battery and can only operate for about half an hour. It is expected that by the new version in 2026, the battery life will be extended to several hours.

However, media reports indicate that the \Super Perception\ mode will not be enabled by default; users need to actively choose to turn it on. But the problem lies in that when the faces of passers-by are scanned and recognized, the passers-by themselves will not be informed. What is even more concerning is that onlookers might not even realize they are being scanned.

Currently, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses light up when recording video, which is deliberately emphasized. This is one of the lessons learned by large technology companies after the privacy controversy sparked by Google Glass.

But it is said that Meta is internally discussing whether the smart glasses need to light up to indicate when the \Super Perception\ feature is activated in the future.

While Meta is attempting to \resurrect\ facial recognition technology, it has also updated its privacy terms. In April of this year, Meta modified its terms to enable AI features by default on existing smart glasses. The only way for users to turn it off is to manually disable the \Hey Meta\ voice wake-up command. Additionally, Meta no longer allows users to choose whether to allow the company to store and use their voice data for AI training.

The report points out that Meta's series of adjustments, which are quite controversial in terms of privacy ethics, may be related to Trump's re-election. The current Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the United States has obviously relaxed its attitude towards privacy regulation. FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak promised last month to adopt a \flexible, risk-based privacy enforcement approach\ in the future, and the agency has also stopped using terms such as \surveillance advertising.\