Scammers Can Use Meta’s Smart Glasses To Scan Your Face

Did you know scammers can use Meta's smart glasses to scan your face? It can help them pretend to know you!

A team at Harvard has reportedly created an app that pairs with Meta's smart glasses and can identify anyone on the street in mere seconds! This is a huge technological advancement and can have many benefits but it can also pose a problem as well. Is technology finally going too far?

Sure, it can help you remember a stranger's name at the party and might get you out of an embarrassing situation. However, scammers could use it to pretend they know you and if they use it the way it can be used it can be a privacy or security concern! It's basically like a stalker's dream!

According to The New York Post, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio are engineering students at Harvard and they shared a demonstration of what their program, I-Xray, can do--and it is terrifying. The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses can reportedly record up to 3 minutes of video and the I-Xray program can then upload the footage from the glasses to PimEyes which is a facial recognition tool that uses AI to match a recorded face to any publicly available images on the internet. So, if the general public has access to this we have to assume the federal government does too, right? Strange. Big Brother is watching!

In the test video shared on X (formerly Twitter) the students are seen identifying classmates in real-time and approach strangers to use the app. However, the good news is that the 2 students will not be releasing the program and say they only created it to share their concerns about the product. You have to think if they were able to create it some smart high-tech scammers would be able to replicate what they did or do something similar. Thankfully, they're also sharing step-by-step instructions on how to remove yourself from the public databases that the engineers used to obtain personal information. You can read more about that from The New York Post.

In a statement, Meta tells The New York Post, "Ray-Ban Meta glasses do not have facial recognition technology. From what we can see, these students are simply using publicly available facial recognition software on a computer that would work with photos taken on any camera, phone, or recording device. Unlike most other devices, Ray-Ban Meta glasses have an LED light that indicates to others that the user is recording. This LED cannot be disabled by the user, and we introduced tamper detection technology to prevent users from covering up the capture LED."

April Fool's Day is almost here and we're celebrating with the best celebrity pranks! Sure, we don't care for April Fool's Day very much around here at Dave & Chuck "The Freak." It's not our sense of humor--but there have been some pranks executed that we can appreciate.

Here are some of the funniest celebrity pranks we've seen. Again, don't expect any from us!

There are no shortage of prank programming on TV and the internet. The art of the prank is as old as time; however, it does seem to be evolving.

Growing up, we had Ashton Kutcher's Punk'd on MTV. For many of us that was our introduction to pranks. Some of the biggest celebrities were pranked in hilarious fashion on that show. You had Justin Timberlake (we'll get to that later), Shaq, Kanye West, and more all getting pranked on camera. It was a fantastic show. The remake didn't quite live up to the original.

Now, The Impractical Jokers are incredibly popular. They do different kinds of pranks than we saw on shows like Punk'd. Instead of messing with celebrities, they mess with strangers and it's one of the funniest shows currently airing on TV. Personally, I'm a huge fan.

Pranks are a big part of Late Night TV, as well. We've seen all of the hosts execute pranks. Jimmy Kimmel definitely does a lot and James Corden had some of the best I've seen, as well.

Of course, pranks aren't always funny. You have to know your audience and there should be an agreed upon set of rules. Making a friend cry might sound funny at the time, but it can be traumatic. That's why many people dread April Fool's Day. Sometimes, you might want to leave stuff like that to the professionals. Not everyone is cut out to be Ashton Kutcher, as much as I would love that face on mine. I mean, I'd love to have his face.

Anyways, here are 5 of the most unforgettable celebrity pranks!

I admit, I was never the biggest James Corden fan. However, this is one of the best things he ever did. It's truly hilarious. It's such a well-executed prank. David Beckham is receiving a gift, so he can't be mean about it...but at the same time he has to say something! He's put in such an awkward moment and hilarity ensues.

Speaking of James Corden, he may be known for the pranks he pulled but sometimes the pranker becomes the prankee! Katie Couric got him good on this one. I love the way he panics. Good on Katie. He had this coming.

How could you not love Jennifer Aniston? She's friendly, adorable, and an icon. She's also hilarious and a good sport. She's put in an awkward situation with this interview and comes out on top. I love her.

John Krasinski and Jimmy Kimmel had some funny Prank Wars. The pair dished out prank after prank. However, this one stands above the rest. All of them are great, but I always found this one funny. Check out the whole collection!

Countless celebrities were pranked on Punk'd. However, one stands above all the rest. Unfortunately, that's Justin Timberlake. He was pranked so badly he was brought to tears...on national television. I'm honestly surprised he signed the release waiver! It goes to show he's a good sport. He comes off more likable in the end and more relatable. That's tough for one of the biggest celebrities in the world! Especially at that time! It's one of the best celebrity pranks ever.