A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.
A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.
I think IR lights on glasses can blind cameras, and there are also infrared-blocking glasses that also reflect IR light from cameras back at them. So yes, adding lights or reflectors can be effective.
But we shouldn’t even have to consider these workarounds to maintain our privacy and security. And even if we start wearing these glasses or fooling the systems, governments will outlaw the use of such circumventing tech.
Our reaction to this needs to be “we will not allow this tech to be used against us, period.” Ban it for law enforcement, ban it for commerce, ban it in airports and schools.
They can’t stop all of us. If they outlaw using it, I’d support (or even organize) a protest group that organizes widespread use of them.
Well in that case, one brand of such glasses is Reflectacles 😎
Cool! Looks like they also have a discount for Monero purchases. I might have to pick one up.
I wish they would make a line available for cheap so a charity could hand them out for free, ~$150 is a bit much.
Very neat, I wonder how effective they are at confusing facial recognition and 3D facial scanning systems? Not that we often encounter the 3D scanning, but an interesting aspect to consider.
I just wonder if I’d get in trouble for wearing them at the airport. That’s the most likely place for 3D facial scanning.
But AFAIK, most facial recognition systems use IR, whether they’re 2D or 3D, so I would guess they’d be pretty effective.
Thanks for the informative and thought out reply.
Also, thanks for killing my joke business idea by mentioning a brand that makes these.
I would like to see them in the rim of a cap too. As I always have a cap in my head.
Edit: Hot damn they’re expensive. Business idea is back.
Ultraviolet would be a terrible idea as UV-A and UV-B can cause skin cancer over prolonged exposure and UV-C will straight up burn your eyes and skin.