Two Harvard students Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses people use A project that immediately reveals references carried out. The demo shows how existing technologies can be used in dangerous ways, including facial recognition technology and public databases.

AnhPhu Nguyen And Caine Ardayfiothey developed I-XRAY It uses the live broadcast feature of Meta glasses on Instagram with a technology called. Artificial intelligence identifies faces in these live broadcasts and finds personal information such as names, addresses and phone numbers through public databases. This information is then sent to users via a phone application.

Security risk with facial recognition technology

In Nguyen and Ardayfio’s demo, students see through glasses identifying classmates and strangers on public transportation. facial recognition technology Although its accuracy is already known, I-XRAY’s combination of this technology with an easily accessible device significantly increases the potential for misuse of the technology. The widespread use of facial search engines such as PimEyes makes such technologies available to a wider audience.

Studentsstates that they have no intention of using their projects for malicious purposes and will not publish them. They emphasize that their goal is to draw attention to the dangers of current technologies. They remind us that individuals must take action to make their digital assets less accessible. On the other hand Complete deletion of digital information We must not forget that it is almost impossible.