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Hacking your face to dodge the rise of facial recognition tech

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Re: Hacking your face to dodge the rise of facial recognition tech

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Leigh Bowery was a dazzling face (and body) hacking visionary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Bowery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxbqk7xjA5o

https://nl.pinterest.com/orchidsatellite/leigh-bowery-stylin...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3yVBhVrltU

Edit: (bigbangchina: I wouldn't exactly characterize Wigstock as a "feminist gathering"...)

He was the main inspiration of the Tranimal movement, which also gives facial recognition systems a hard time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranimal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_vZ9P2LSRs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqoN3AUdl0k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atKmBOnjpzQ

Re: Hacking your face to dodge the rise of facial recognition tech

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Face hacking doesn't necessarily have to be hi-tech. Maybe more and more people in future will dress like activists. Mouth mask may become an important fashion piece, which is already happening in East Asian societies.

I've read that wearing masks in public is illegal in the US.

The laws that made public mask wearing illegal were from an age when the KKK used masks to hide themselves when committing violent crimes and for intimidation purposes.

Re: Hacking your face to dodge the rise of facial recognition tech

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post #4

Face hacking doesn't necessarily have to be hi-tech. Maybe more and more people in future will dress like activists. Mouth mask may become an important fashion piece, which is already happening in East Asian societies.

I've read that wearing masks in public is illegal in the US. The laws that made public mask wearing illegal were from an age when the KKK used masks to hide themselves when committing violent crimes and for intimidation purposes.

Sorry for the confusion, I made a typo, I meant to say mouth mask. https://qz.com/299003/a-quick-history-of-why-asians-wear-sur...

Re: Hacking your face to dodge the rise of facial recognition tech

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>And while FR may be error-prone now, this is unlikely to stay the case for long.

Well less error prone. There are only so many different possible faces. Even people will routinely misidentify faces in a crowd. They need to use hair, clothing and context to avoid constantly saying hello to strangers.

There will always be a reasonably high level of false positives...

Re: Hacking your face to dodge the rise of facial recognition tech

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post #4

Face hacking doesn't necessarily have to be hi-tech. Maybe more and more people in future will dress like activists. Mouth mask may become an important fashion piece, which is already happening in East Asian societies.

I've read that wearing masks in public is illegal in the US. The laws that made public mask wearing illegal were from an age when the KKK used masks to hide themselves when committing violent crimes and for intimidation purposes.

It's not just illegal, I believe it's a felony in my state.
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