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Two Harvard undergraduates, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, have created a device called "I-XRAY," which uses Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses to capture video footage of people and quickly generate an AI-driven report on them. The glasses stream video to Instagram, where the footage is analyzed to identify faces. Once identified, the system pulls publicly available information, potentially revealing personal details such as names, addresses, and even partial Social Security numbers.
The process, which takes about a minute, involves using smart glasses to capture footage. A standard camera or phone could achieve similar results. The two students developed the system in a matter of days, showing how easily such technology can be replicated.
"We wanted to show people what's possible with fairly standard technology so they can take privacy and data into their own hands," Ardayfio said. While they don’t plan to release their code, they hope to raise awareness about the risks of publicly available data and how easily it can be exploited.
Source: The Register