Wearing a camera on your face will invariably evoke privacy concerns. The Ray-Ban Meta glasses have addressed the issue to a certain extent with the inclusion of features like a recording light. But any piece of popular consumer electronics will eventually be hacked, often to prove a point.
I-XRAY is a project from a pair of college students, noted by 404 Media, that ought to serve as a cautionary tale. Pairing glasses like the Ray-Ban Meta with facial recognition software brings the ability to livestream the personal information of the people around you. The system identifies a person’s face and then populates your phone with all the personal information it can find, including addresses, phone numbers, and more.
“Please note that our goal is NOT to release any product or code,” project co-creator AnhPhu Nguyen explains on X, “this is meant to be a demonstration to raise awareness of what’s possible today with consumer tech.”