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backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
Wed Mar 14, 2012, 12:35 PM Mar 2012

Occupy with makeup and thwart facial recognition software. [View all]

Since the pigs seem to be all about mass-surveillance, let's fuck with them.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/15/student-thwarts-face-detection-software-with-cv-dazzle-makeup/



Not interested in having yourself automatically identified in photos across the internet? Then you might want to take a cue from Adam Ant (or Blade Runner's Pris, if you prefer), as Adam Harvey, a student in NYU's Interactive Telecommunication Program, has discovered that some over the top face makeup applied in just the right way can thwart most facial recognition software. Dubbed CV Dazzle (after the Dazzle camouflage used in World War I), the makeup works simply by enhancing areas of the face that you otherwise wouldn't ordinarily enhance -- so instead of applying the makeup around your eyes, you'd apply some on your cheeks and effectively "invert" that area. According to Harvey, that method is effective at blocking the face recognition used by Facebook, Picasa and Flickr -- and it doesn't simply cause some mild confusion, it actually prevents the software from detecting any face at all. Head on past the break for a quick video.


Sounds like fun!
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Face Recognition Stephanie Kopf Mar 2012 #1
Beginning to feel like we will ALL annabanana Mar 2012 #2
Does it wash off with Politicalboi Mar 2012 #3
That's a totally cool and simple idea just1voice Mar 2012 #4
Looks like it could be done with stickers. immoderate Mar 2012 #5
Or use glasses zipplewrath Mar 2012 #6
Or a Guy Fawkes mask... backscatter712 Mar 2012 #9
Hmmm the face could still be manually adjusted to help the recognition hootinholler Mar 2012 #7
Yeah, but if they adjust your face... pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #10
In the old days when authorities adjusted your face hootinholler Mar 2012 #11
This is why I don't like Facebook. <-- Huh, figure that. name Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #8
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