A recently conducted demo by college students from Harvard is showcasing Meta’s smart glasses in a new manner. This includes how the product has a dark side that the tech giant failed to discuss.
The demo highlighted how the smart glasses make use of facial recognition technology to immediately dox an individual’s ID, number, and home address. The greatest eyebrow raiser is linked to how the demo makes use of the latest tech such as Ray-Ban smart glasses databases, amongst others seen in the public.
One of the two students even published content on this front that displays how the tech works including livestreaming videos to its Instagram app. After that, computer programs can monitor what’s happening and then utilize AI technology for identification of faces.
Such images are then added to publicly available databases to search for certain identities and personal data, even those who might have similar contacts. This data is fed back via the phone app.
The students are seen identifying their friends in the demo including personal details in real time. They can even be seen talking to complete strangers at a public venue and acting like they know them. This is all thanks to the data taken from the smart glasses.
Clearly, tech making use of facial recognition is not new. It’s been a highly controversial subject for a while now. The fact that it’s so accurate is the worst part and the same goes for the fact that it is now easily accessible.
Issues linked to this kind of tech have been on the rise since we saw the launch of Cleaview AI where facial recognition was used to assist law enforcement agencies. The only difference in this demo is that it’s linked to a popular consumer gadget that’s disguised and simple to access.
The students have released a statement on this front that better explains their motive behind the demo. They made it clear that the purpose of the tool was never misuse and it won’t be released. But it’s important to make the world aware of LLMs which can easily link names and images from different databases.
In case you did not know, privacy has been a constant debate with these smart glasses from day one. We saw tech giant Google fail with the launch of its Google Glass after being scrutinized for recording the public without consent.
It’s also hard to determine whether or not a person is wearing the Ray-Ban pair on their face featuring a camera in action. Meta did admit to the product lighting up when the video began recording as a safety feature. However, in the testing phase, it was noted that this was not very obvious. And when you’re in a crowded place in public, it’s even harder.
The other major debate is how many people will actually respect others’ preferences and gestures when they are recording or clicking images or even livestreaming. Remember, not everyone is going to follow wearable etiquette all the time.
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The demo highlighted how the smart glasses make use of facial recognition technology to immediately dox an individual’s ID, number, and home address. The greatest eyebrow raiser is linked to how the demo makes use of the latest tech such as Ray-Ban smart glasses databases, amongst others seen in the public.
One of the two students even published content on this front that displays how the tech works including livestreaming videos to its Instagram app. After that, computer programs can monitor what’s happening and then utilize AI technology for identification of faces.
Such images are then added to publicly available databases to search for certain identities and personal data, even those who might have similar contacts. This data is fed back via the phone app.
The students are seen identifying their friends in the demo including personal details in real time. They can even be seen talking to complete strangers at a public venue and acting like they know them. This is all thanks to the data taken from the smart glasses.
Clearly, tech making use of facial recognition is not new. It’s been a highly controversial subject for a while now. The fact that it’s so accurate is the worst part and the same goes for the fact that it is now easily accessible.
Issues linked to this kind of tech have been on the rise since we saw the launch of Cleaview AI where facial recognition was used to assist law enforcement agencies. The only difference in this demo is that it’s linked to a popular consumer gadget that’s disguised and simple to access.
The students have released a statement on this front that better explains their motive behind the demo. They made it clear that the purpose of the tool was never misuse and it won’t be released. But it’s important to make the world aware of LLMs which can easily link names and images from different databases.
In case you did not know, privacy has been a constant debate with these smart glasses from day one. We saw tech giant Google fail with the launch of its Google Glass after being scrutinized for recording the public without consent.
It’s also hard to determine whether or not a person is wearing the Ray-Ban pair on their face featuring a camera in action. Meta did admit to the product lighting up when the video began recording as a safety feature. However, in the testing phase, it was noted that this was not very obvious. And when you’re in a crowded place in public, it’s even harder.
The other major debate is how many people will actually respect others’ preferences and gestures when they are recording or clicking images or even livestreaming. Remember, not everyone is going to follow wearable etiquette all the time.
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