Privacy

Losing Face
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.
Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron

Security Roundup
Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming
Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra, and Maddy Varner

About Face
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron




Security Roundup
Cybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell’s MyPillow
Lily Hay Newman, Dell Cameron, and Matt Burgess

Known Knowns
The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are
Dell Cameron







Explicit Demands
You Can Get Some of Your Nudes Removed From the Internet Under a New Law
Maddy Varner

Security Roundup
Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording
Andy Greenberg, Maddy Varner, Dell Cameron, and Andrew Couts



Security Roundup
Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare
Maddy Varner, Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Andrew Couts



Bad Vibes
Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web
Andy Greenberg

Master of Disguise
A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
Fernanda González