Modified Meta glasses reveal dangerous potential for doxxing

EVER SINCE THE RELEASE OF GOOGLE-GLASS MORE THAN A DECADE AGO – THERE HAVE BEEN PRIVACY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH WEARABLE TECH.

WE GOT A REMINDER OF THAT AGAIN THIS WEEK, THANKS TO TWO HARVARD STUDENTS.

IN THIS VIDEO THEY’RE REVEALING THE STARTLING WAY META’S RAY-BAN SMART GLASSES CAN BE MISUSED. 

BY INTEGRATING THE GLASSES WITH A-I FEATURES LIKE FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE AND A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL, THEY CREATED A DEVICE CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING STRANGERS IN MERE SECONDS. PERSONAL DETAILS LIKE NAMES, PHONE NUMBERS, AND EVEN HOME ADDRESSES ARE INSTANTLY RETRIEVABLE.

THE MODIFIED GLASSES MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO SCAN FACES WITHOUT BEING NOTICED. DURING TESTS, THEY USED THIS TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY COMMUTERS IN A SUBWAY STATION, PULLING PERSONAL DATA FROM PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATABASES. THEY ARE EVEN ABLE TO START CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE THEY’VE NEVER MET… USING DATA ATTAINED JUST BY LOOKING AT THEIR FACES… TO PRETEND THEY ARE PAST ACQUAINTANCES FOR SOCIAL ENGINEERING.

THE STUDENTS NAMED THEIR PROJECT ‘I-X-RAY,’ WARNING THAT SUCH TECH COULD EASILY BE USED MALICIOUSLY. IN THE VIDEO… THEY EXPLAIN HOW THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS WORKS.

BOTH STUDENTS STRESSED THEY DON’T INTEND TO RELEASE THIS TECHNOLOGY TO THE PUBLIC… BUT TO HIGHLIGHT THE SERIOUS NEED FOR PRIVACY REGULATIONS. THEY HOPE THIS SERVES AS A WAKE-UP CALL TO LAWMAKERS, AS WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.

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