Facebook is considering adding facial-recognition to smart glasses but wants to solve privacy issues

Facebook is looking at adding facial recognition to its highly anticipated smart glasses that are planned to hit the market next year. At an all-staff meeting, Facebook Reality Labs director Andrew Bosworth said the company was examining the technology's legal and privacy ramifications, BuzzFeed reports. He cautioned the benefits and risks were obvious, 'and we don't know where to balance those things.' Facial recognition would help a user recognize someone whose name they've forgotten, Bosworth theorized, or if they have face blindness. Facebook Reality Labs director Andrew Bosworth said the company was examining the legal and privacy ramifications of adding facial recognition technology to its upcoming smart glasses.