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TWiT 1087: Evil is the Root of All Money - Could Local AI Laptops Compete With Data Center Giants?

Explore episode Jun 8, 2026
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Meta's Secret Face Recognition: Name Tag Is Already in the Code

TWiT 1087: Evil is the Root of All Money - Could Local AI L… · Jun 8, 2026 Technology

Wired discovered face-recognition code called 'Name Tag' silently embedded across millions of phones in Meta's smart glasses AI app, pulling biometric face prints from Meta's servers. Meta hasn't enabled it, but the capability is built and waiting. Fr. Robert Ballecer has spent 7 years poisoning facial recognition databases with fake tagged photos to fuzz his identity.

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