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Britain's most tattooed man says UK's age check told him to "remove his face"

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Re: Britain's most tattooed man says UK's age check told him to "remove his face"

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Post by jalapenos »

CuriouslyC wrote: post #8

We're entering a world where hacking facial recognition is going to be a big thing. People are going to start wearing masks in public because of ICE, and to avoid repercussions for going to protests, and that's going to normalize a slippery slope. We're going to end up all Anonymous.

Good time to put money into neck gaiters

Re: Britain's most tattooed man says UK's age check told him to "remove his face"

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Post by sunrunner »

sjw987 wrote: post #6

The chap basically has a permanent version of those clothing items that confuse security cameras. Perhaps we'll see more people sporting this look in the future.

CV Dazzle? If so, what are the real implications for the legality of CV Dazzle or equivalents? The 'most tattooed man' example obviously can seem like not much of a real problem for everyday people that haven't gone to that extreme, but I worry that any outcome from this will transform into other areas such as deliberate camouflage for, say, activists and protestors.

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Post by LeoPanthera »

CuriouslyC wrote: post #8

We're entering a world where hacking facial recognition is going to be a big thing. People are going to start wearing masks in public because of ICE, and to avoid repercussions for going to protests, and that's going to normalize a slippery slope. We're going to end up all Anonymous.

Countries with internet age verification don't have ICE.

At least for now.

Re: Britain's most tattooed man says UK's age check told him to "remove his face"

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Post by tobr »

etiennebausson wrote: post #5

Remove his face mask, not remove his face. I swear, the quality of some journalism is so shameless.

That part of the title is in quotes. It’s paraphrasing how the guy expressed it to point out the absurdness of being asked to remove a face mask when you’re not wearing a face mask.

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Post by metalman »

thisakes the news because the man has a bit of celebrity to draw on, but there will be many people going through countless versions of bieng rejected, and then bieng flat out refused ANY help trying to comply with the utterly flawed premise built on half assed technology, that has been rushed through legislation in order to make dedperate political powers feel like they are in controll. as the british say in a droll fashion, fuck off.

Re: Britain's most tattooed man says UK's age check told him to "remove his face"

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Post by A1kmm »

jeroenhd wrote: post #4

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I've personally been unable to pass AI 'liveness' detection (which was a high-stress situation when it related to something my new employer asked me to do after I already resigned from my previous role) despite repeated attempts and all I have is alopecia areata affecting my eyelashes / eyebrows (a relatively common condition).

These models are discriminatory for a lot of people, I'd say, and shouldn't be allowed.

Re: Britain's most tattooed man says UK's age check told him to "remove his face"

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Post by eesmith »

tobr wrote: post #12

I wonder how it might affect people with medical conditions that make their faces look unusual. If the law only applies to pornography, most people in that situation might not want to go talk to a journalist about it.

Not well. "When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services." https://www.wired.com/story/when-face-recognition-doesnt-kno...

Posted to HN yesterday at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45667472 . No comments.

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