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Ana Maria Constantin @ The Next Web 2 place · today 10:33 EDT

The Meta face recognition system for its smart glasses was built on software licensed from Rank One Computing, a Pentagon and police contractor, according to a WIRED investigation. Reporters Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra found a leaked, still-active licence tying Meta to a vendor that draws roughly 80 per cent of its revenue from government […]
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