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Meta’s Glasses Can Dox Strangers!? 😳 #mkbhd #waveformpodcast #meta

October 15, 2024 / 00:55

This episode discusses a project by two Harvard students who created a system using Meta Ray-Ban glasses to live stream and facially recognize individuals on Instagram. The technology scans the live feed and sends information about recognized faces to users' phones based on publicly available data.

The students aim to demonstrate the capabilities and potential dangers of such technology. They highlight the initial appeal of knowing people's names instantly but also express concern about the significant privacy implications.

Key discussions include the balance between technological advancement and ethical considerations, as well as the societal impact of easily accessible personal information.

TLDR

Harvard students showcase a facial recognition system using Instagram live streams, highlighting its potential and privacy risks.

Episode

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so these two Harvard students took a pair of meta Rayband glasses they run it to a live stream on Instagram and then
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they have a computer set up that is scanning the Instagram live feed video facially recognizing people and then
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send to your phone all the information it can find online about a face that it just saw and it's all based on Public
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Information cuz it's finding photos of people online they're not releasing any of this and the reason they said they
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made it is because they want to show that like this is totally capable right now every Tech has all this upside and
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then all this horrible downside that comes with it a cool superpower to have would be to just look at someone and
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immediately know their name that's the example that's been used hundreds of times it's like what if you just like
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didn't have to remember this stuff and you could always know people's names but then when I was a kid I was like that's
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incredible and now I'm like oh my God the downside is enormous I want

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Episode Highlights

  • Harvard Students' Tech Experiment
    Two Harvard students create a facial recognition tool using Instagram live feeds.
    “This is totally capable right now!”
    @ 00m 26s
    October 15, 2024

Episode Quotes

  • Oh my God, the downside is enormous!
    Meta’s Glasses Can Dox Strangers!? 😳 #mkbhd #waveformpodcast #meta

Key Moments

  • Tech Superpower00:36
  • Downside Realization00:51