Two Harvard students have demonstrated that it is possible to link Meta Ray Bans 2 smart glasses with the facial image search engine PimEyes to reveal the personal details of passers-by simply observing them. The students then used a large language model (LLM) to quickly combine the data to obtain personal details, such as names, addresses, and phone numbers. A video posted on social media platform X demonstrated how the technology could be used to trick people. The experiment was conducted to raise awareness of privacy concerns and tested the technology on unsuspecting individuals in a real-world setting, claiming to identify dozens of test subjects. The students have not released the code to prevent anyone from easily replicating the experiment.
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