Science and Technology Desk: As technology advances, people's personal privacy is coming into question. There is no such thing as personal privacy in the workings of the Internet. This time, two engineering students of the world famous Harvard University have developed an App using Ray-Ban Meta smart glass, which is able to reveal their personal and sensitive information without people's permission.

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They share a demo of this app on their X handle, showing what the app is capable of. However, they have clearly stated that the app is not intended for use by common people. Their aim was to expose the dangers of how AI-powered smart gadgets can secretly take photos and reveal people's personal information.

The name of this App is 'IX-ray'. It uses AI-powered facial recognition technology, which can reveal a person's personal information using visual data. 'Doxxing' is Internet slang, which is basically a shortened version of "leaking documents". Through this, people's personal information is disclosed without their permission.

The app is bundled with the Ray-Ban Meta smart glass, but the developers say it can work with any smart glass whose camera can secretly take pictures. It uses an AI-MODEL similar to PimEyes and FaceCheck, which matches images found online with a person's face through reverse facial recognition technology. It then searches for information through various URLs.

Then, another Large Language Model (LLM) uses those URLs to automatically find people's names, occupations, addresses, and other information. Besides, this AI-MODEL is capable of analyzing government data like voter database. An online tool called FastPeopleSearch is used for this task. The students demonstrated in a short video how the app works. They meet strangers, turn on the camera, ask their name, and then the AI ​​app finds out the person's personal information.

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The students have made it clear that they are not planning to launch this app in the public market. Its sole purpose was to expose the dangers of AI-powered smart gadgets. But they also said that someone with bad intentions could create another app in a similar manner.