Facial & Personal Info Glasses

[shadow puppet]

This sounds extremely disturbing.

Two Harvard students just revealed how Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses can be used to dox anyone in seconds. Using facial recognition tools like PimEyes, they built a system called I-XRAY that instantly pulls up personal details like names, addresses, and phone numbers, all in real-time.

Is this even legal?



Neoniche also included the following in the comments:
"The creators of I-XRAY shared a link on how to protect your info and opt out of searches. Check it out: tinyurl.com/meet-ixray. The project’s all about raising awareness on privacy issues, not to scare anyone."

 

[rdrr]

Scary stuff, but I wouldn't use those "free services" to restrict your face identity from being searchable on the web. They looks suspiciously like identity mining.

 

[shadow puppet]

Scary stuff, but I wouldn't use those "free services" to restrict your face identity from being searchable on the web. They looks suspiciously like identity mining.

Although I checked the link, I felt the same so exited out of there asap.

 

[dada_dave]

It’s true that we used to have white pages, but getting that information at your fingertips from someone you’ve never been introduced to or even had any reason to know their name is a new level of intrusiveness. (And you could reliably remove yourself from the white pages, whereas this … as @rdrr says it depends on how much you trust such services and even if legit how effective they can actually be). Also, nowadays you could theoretically get this information for anyone anywhere in the world instantly - not just your local area - and use lots more methods to stalk, harass, SWAT, etc … With these sure you have to see the person, but not necessarily? Being shown a photograph …

 

[shadow puppet]

As a single woman living alone (don't even have a dog right now), this scares the sh*t out of me.

 

[Herdfan]

And I thought license plate readers were intrusive.

 

[Eric]

Feels like it's just a matter of time before this sort of thing becomes commonplace, the technology is just moving too fast. However, Google Glass failed largely in part to how the public flat out refused to accept this very thing. If they see you coming with those glasses on you'll get called out, etc. I don't know how they get past that hurdle.

The revolt against Google ‘Glassholes’

When 23-year-old Jonathan Gottfried snagged a coveted Google Glass back in spring 2013, he turned into an overnight superstar. Gottfried says he was “swarmed” by admirers while donning the $1,500 h…

nypost.com

 

[Herdfan]

If they see you coming with those glasses on you'll get called out, etc. I don't know how they get past that hurdle.

Because right now it is identifiable glasses. What happens when it is a button or pin or something else small and unobtrusive?

 

[Eric]

Because right now it is identifiable glasses. What happens when it is a button or pin or something else small and unobtrusive?

I don't think society would accept a wearable hidden recording device, I mean it can obviously be done but certainly not by companies like Meta or Apple. Whoever breaks out with this device will have to tackle this question.