The central element of the I-XRAY glasses are large language models (LLM) capable of linking scattered information from different sources. These models are combined with facial recognition and publicly available databases. For example, smart glasses can extract a person’s name from an article with a matching image, then use tools such as “FastPeopleSearch” to retrieve other information such as phone numbers or addresses.
The developers emphasize that the project was created to highlight the risks of digitalization. For security reasons, technical details remain confidential but are available upon request to interested researchers. The project also highlights the importance of actively protecting yourself against these technologies. The students developed a guide https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iWCqmaOUKhKjcKSktIwC3NNANoFP7vPsRvcbOIup_BA/mobilebasic that explains how to remove personal information from facial recognition search engines such as PimEyes and people search platforms such as FastPeopleSearch.
