Meta Glasses can be used to dox strangers via facial recognition


Two Harvard students have created a privacy nightmare, according to 404 Media. Real-time facial recognition smart glasses, which pull up names, contacts, addresses, and more about a complete stranger just by looking at them.

The students – AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio – say they won’t be releasing the product nor the software behind it. The project, titled I-XRAY, is meant to raise awareness about what is possible with today’s technology. In fact, it’s something that Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook have long had the power to do, but they haven’t released such capabilities due to the high potential for misuse.

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Source: MSN News


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