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Dox Glasses: Two Harvard students created an app turning smart glasses into on-the-go facial recognition (www.wbur.org)

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Kashif Hoda was getting onto a Southbound train at Harvard Square when a young man approached him, saying he recognized Kashif. The young man seemed to prove it by referencing Kashif's work. But the doors closed before Kashif got a chance to ask the young man how, or who he was. A month later, the answer came in the form of a viral video.

Harvard students AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardefyio modified Meta's smart glasses so that you can search someone's face quickly, almost without them knowing, and read information about them scraped from around the web that they might no longer remember even exists. Think: pictures and articles from decades ago. Addresses. Voting records.

Are we prepared for a future where this tool goes mainstream?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm prepared to knock people the fuck out for wearing them in public

[–] MrMcGasion 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Kinda hard to not be recorded while doing that. Might want to consider a different approach that isn't as likely to give them all the evidence they need at your inevitable assault trial.

Maybe a bucket of paint "spills" dumps on them from above, coating the camera and ruining their day, or maybe we make a bird feces flinger that can accurately coat a camera lense from range.

Those are both arguably assault as well, so don't do them either, but at least be smart about not getting recorded doing crime.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 3 points 1 month ago

IR lasers maybe ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Eh, I'm not worried about the jail time. There's a line that has to be drawn, and I'll draw it at my own expectation of not betting being filmed surreptitiously. I don't mind overt filming as long as I have a choice in avoiding it. I don't like it, but it's different thing.