College students used Meta’s smart glasses to dox people in real time

Harvard students demo how smart glasses can dox using facial recognition and public data.

: Two Harvard students, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, demonstrated how smart glasses can use facial recognition to dox individuals in real time. By connecting Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses with AI and public databases, their I-XRAY tool matched faces to personal information. This disturbing application highlights potential privacy invasions despite Meta's guidelines. The students aim to raise awareness about the perils of existing technology.

AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, two Harvard students, showcased how easily Meta's smart glasses could dox individuals in real time. They combined facial recognition technology with Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to identify people alongside their personal data using public databases and AI.

Using the I-XRAY tool, the students were able to match faces streamed by the glasses to names, addresses, phone numbers, and relatives. This technology relies on current tech like PimEyes and demonstrates how easily these tools can be connected to create significant privacy concerns.

Despite Meta's privacy policy urging users to respect others' privacy, the glasses' discreet design raises worries of being recorded unknowingly. The duo's demonstration seeks to raise awareness of the realities of tech misuse by showing its capabilities with existing gadgets.

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