How 2 Students Used The Meta Ray-Bans To Access Personal Information

Harvard students used Meta Ray-Bans to do facial recognition. Meta execs once thought this was a good idea.

AnhPhu Nguyen demonstrates his Meta Ray-Ban glasses he rigged to do facial recognition.Courtesy of AnhPhu NguyenHarvard students rigged their Meta Ray-Bans to do facial recognition, 404 Media reports.Meta's smart glasses can't do this by default, but in 2021, executives considered the idea.Andrew Bosworth, now Meta's CTO, suggested it could help remember someone's name at a party.The idea of smart glasses that can dox people in real time — long …

How 2 Students Used The Meta Ray-Bans To Access Personal Information

The two said they went up to strangers and were almost instantly able to find out their personal information.