Two college students paired Meta’s Ray Ban smart glasses with facial recognition tech and were able to pull up info on strangers (name, home address, phone number, and family members) in seconds just by looking at them.
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I clicked on the X link to see their demo video, then clicked a link to see how to remove myself from these reverse image search services. I wanted to search PimEyes to see if it could recognize me and members of my family, but it said that it was blocked in my region. Apparently the service doesn't work in Illinois, or for Illinois residents due to the Illinois Biometric Data Privacy Act!
LOL, at facecheck.id, on the other hand, I just had to click on "OK" on a disclaimer they presented where I promised not do a bunch of bad things, such as blackmail people, harass them, or do anything illegal.
I'm genuinely glad that people are demonstrating the worst possible use cases, so we can respond (or, at a minimum, be aware) before the technology becomes widespread.
Implied in this demo, by the way, is the *best* possible use case—a pop-up showing me somebody's name when we've met before.
Yet another reason why you shouldn't post photos of your kids online.
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