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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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It's sad we have to hide from our 'elected' western government.

I agree with you completely; I opt out of the scanners at the airport every time on that very principle alone. But, I would also assert that most people would not agree that "we have to hide".

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

#12

The self checkout lines in walmart and target have a HD camera right in your face. I have always found these disturbing, they aren't even looking at what I'm buying. Do you guys think they are using facial recognition on these streams?

Most modern checkout experiences can identify you with very high accuracy sans-camera, so I doubt it.

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

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Except on Halloween? What about on your way to a masquerade party?

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

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post #15

"an array of tiny infrared LEDs wired to the inside of a baseball cap" I had that idea some years ago, but using instead big powerful IR LEDs around a hat or cap to create a sort of white halo around the entire head. Never tested it...

This works but gets you kicked out of all malls and supermarkets.

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

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post #16

Even if you can occlude your facial features, you're probably still licked if the particular implementation has gait analysis. We need to develop a fremen-style movement system to subvert the sandworms, I mean surveillance

Stick a pebble in your shoe.

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

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post #16

Even if you can occlude your facial features, you're probably still licked if the particular implementation has gait analysis. We need to develop a fremen-style movement system to subvert the sandworms, I mean surveillance

As much as I like the Fremen aesthetic, we should probably accept that when most of us attempt to walk without rhythm, we might succeed in not attracting the worm, but end up looking like a civil servant from the Ministry of Silly Walks in the process.

Still, if that means the surveillance system concludes that we're all John Cleese…

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