{"podcast":{"title":"Techlore on Odysee","slug":"techlore-on-odysee-5780318","podcast_index_feed_id":5780318,"rss_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/@techlore:3","website_url":"https://techlore.tech","image_url":"https://thumbs.odycdn.com/86c08b9a80dad6c15bdf44a8305c3ce7.png","author":"Techlore","episode_count":50,"summary":"Techlore - digital rights for all. Surveillance Report: https://odysee.com/@surveillancereport:2 Note: Comments are disabled on Odysee as we do not have the time to moderate them. This is simply a mirror of our video content. View our PSA here.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T04:17:50.459988+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-on-odysee-5780318"},"episode":{"title":"Meta Hid Face Recognition on 50 Million Phones","slug":"meta-hid-face-recognition-on-50-million-phones","published_at":"2026-06-12T00:44:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-on-odysee-5780318/meta-hid-face-recognition-on-50-million-phones","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-on-odysee-5780318","url":"https://odysee.com/meta-hid-face-recognition-on-50-million:c417988335aea27f1c7a1a0dda8bb2c0d5c6881c","audio_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/media/meta-hid-face-recognition-on-50-million/c417988335aea27f1c7a1a0dda8bb2c0d5c6881c/7c3a18.mp4","summary":"Meta quietly embedded unreleased facial-recognition code, internally called "nametag" onto more than 50 million phones through its Meta AI app, then deleted it the day after Wired exposed it. This week I also get into Microsoft repos weaponized a second time to push credential-stealing malware to AI users, the UK's ultimatum to scan every device (and Signal's response), the FCC's push to kill burner phones...plus the usual breaches, threats, and a stacked week of FOSS+ updates. 🗺️ The open-source answer to Google Timeline is finally here! Replay every route and light up every city you've visited on a map nobody else owns; self-host Dawarich free or grab the hosted version at https://dawarich.app/techlore/ with code TECHLORE for 20% off your first year. 🔗 SOURCES & LINKS • Sources, Podcast & Shownotes: https://techlore.tech/meta-hid-face-recognition-code-on-50m-phones-the-uks-device-scanning-ultimatum-a-burner-phone-ban/ 🔎 RELATED VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGliQhv1QCU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd5_5hXa8Zc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i5KH0l895o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj5QL1-jJLg 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE • Become a Techlorian: https://techlore.tech/support/#/portal/signup • All Support Methods: https://techlore.tech/support/ 🔐 MORE FROM TECHLORE • Homepage & Newsletter: https://techlore.tech/ • Our Course, Go Incognito: https://techlore.tech/go-incognito-course/ • Our Recommended Tools: https://tools.techlore.tech/ • Take Our SPA Quiz: https://quiz.techlore.tech/ • Learn more on our SPA Wiki: https://wiki.techlore.tech/ • VPN Finder: https://vpn.techlore.tech/ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 WELCOME TO SURVEILLANCE REPORT 01:00 META ADDING SNEAKY FACIAL RECOGNITION 05:42 MICROSOFT HACKED TO PUSH MALWARE 08:38 THE UK…","meta_description":"Meta quietly embedded unreleased facial-recognition code, internally called \"nametag\" onto more than 50 million phones through its Meta AI app,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2153,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/techlore-on-odysee-5780318/episodes/meta-hid-face-recognition-on-50-million-phones/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-on-odysee-5780318/meta-hid-face-recognition-on-50-million-phones.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}