A project exposes the risks to people’s privacy of combining smart glasses and facial recognition

Oct. 3 (Portaltic/EP) –

The smart glasses with facial recognition technology They can reveal the identity of people on public roads in real time, a risk to privacy and security that two Harvard students have highlighted with their project.

AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio are two students from Harvard University (United States) who have developed a project to raise awareness about the risks posed by facial recognition in smart glasses, which are usually equipped with a camera and perform functions such as playing music. , receive calls or ask an assistant.

Specifically, they have customized a pair of glasses so that facial recognition technology automatically recognize the person that focus and offer real-time information extracted from the Internet about it.

This project, as they have shared on social networksshows how easy it can be to access sensitive data of anyone who is on public roads. From the capture of the face your name, home address, social media posts, or family members are obtainedinformation that is received practically instantly on the mobile.

They have tested it with university classmates and with citizens outside this institution, reaching talk to them pretending that you know them based on the information they have obtained from them.