Dox Glasses

Endless Thread

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Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Kashif Hoda was getting onto a Southbound train at Harvard Square when a young man said he recognized him. The doors closed before he 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 pull up personal internet flotsam 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?

Show notes:

IXRAY (Google Doc)

Two Students Created Face Recognition Glasses. It Wasn’t Hard. (The New York Times)

Credits: This episode was produced by Grace Tatter. Mix and sound design by Paul Vaitkus. It was hosted by Ben Brock Johnson, Amory Sivertson, and Grace Tatter.

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0:16.3	Trevor, are you ready?
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0:47.0	Okay, hello, Ben and Amory.
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0:53.9	Go, Grace, go.
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0:55.5	Okay, so I want to tell you all about this guy I talked to last month.
0:59.2	His name is Kachf Huda, and he used to work at a biotech company outside of Boston.
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