[namanaggarwal]

Works at Facebook, opinions are my own. I find this article highly speculative. Facebook or Meta has not said anything on future uses, but that's for a lot of other things. Company hasn't said anything about not making weapons in the future as well.

In my opinion facial recognition technology has genuine uses, however from the privacy perspective, I personally would want all of these models to be running on my device. Google does it and so can other companies including Meta, and I find that completely fine as long as it's relevant to me and I have an option to turn it off.

[capableweb]

They seem to have firsthand sources to support the articles title:

> While Meta says that facial recognition isn’t a feature on Instagram and its Portal devices, the company’s new commitment doesn’t apply to its metaverse products, Meta spokesperson Jason Grosse told Recode.

Then further down, the article also links to other articles that goes deeper:

> Facebook Vice President Andrew Bosworth told employees that the company is evaluating the legal and privacy issues around facial recognition for its upcoming wearable gadget.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-consid...

Not sure why you think it's speculative when it's based on Meta/Facebook employees own statements.

By the way, thanks for leaving a comment here and being public about working at Facebook, can't be easy to receive so much hate, especially here on HN, but we all need everyone's perspective, so thanks a lot for providing it here!

[dylan604]

>Not sure why you think it's speculative when it's based on Meta/Facebook employees own statements.

Too much koolaid? of course, that's just reverse speculation on my part.

[papito]

Yourself as a Facebook employee, you should know first hand that your employer lies to their own workforce without flinching. The only thing I will trust Facebook with is when they report their earnings.

The Facebook brand has become utterly toxic. Meta is a clean slate, but there is almost zero chance they will not load it up with toxins again. They have no incentives to be a good citizen.

[geoduck14]

Hey man, let's stay friendly to our fellow HNers.

[notTheAuth]

Xfinity provides internet while Comcast screws customers

Trickle down is a euphemism for peeing on people from the top

It’s all obfuscating semantic games to conceal their application of agency, not literally, but cognitively