Smart glasses invented by students show strangers' personal info
The I-XRAY is based on the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, which have integrated cameras and audio functions. Harvard students Anh Phu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio have modified the glasses to quickly search and retrieve personal information about strangers from the Internet. The following video, which was posted on Anh Phu Nguyen's X channel, shows how well this works:
The core element of the I-XRAY glasses are large language models (LLMs) that are able to link scattered information from different sources. These are combined with facial recognition and publicly accessible databases. For example, the smart glasses can extract a person's name from an article with a corresponding image and then use tools such as "FastPeopleSearch" to retrieve further information such as telephone numbers or addresses.
The developers emphasize that the project was created to highlight the risks of digitalization. For security reasons, the technical specifics are kept confidential but are available upon request to interested researchers. The project also emphasizes how important it is to actively protect oneself from such technologies. The students have developed a guide, outlining how to remove personal information from facial recognition search engines like PimEyes and people search platforms such as FastPeopleSearch.
Mixed opinions on Reddit
On Reddit, the project has led to mixed reactions. Opinions range from "amazing" to "scary". However, there are also skeptical voices. Some critics question the project’s legitimacy, suggesting it could be a marketing ploy aimed at highlighting data protection solutions.
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Google Docs / I-XRAY
