How to thwart AI surveillance and facial recognition discreetly.
I recall an article saying a bit of makeup can be enough to fool automatic facial recognition. It compares flat, 2D images, so “faking different shadows” in key areas like the eyes and nose would make you a different person
It’s actually surprisingly difficult to thwart facial recognition with makeup alone. It’s not something as simple as just adding some extra contouring, because the software is typically using videos of moving people, not just a single still image. Plus new models are constantly being developed, and what works for one model isn’t guaranteed to work for all of them. Even makeup as extreme as this often fails to fool detection:
Even if wild makeup was the answer, you’d still have to start some kind of cultural movement for it to be practical. Otherwise you’re basically painting “political dissident” on your face and being the one person in town that looks like a Jackson Pollock will just make you easier to spot in the crowd.
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How to thwart AI surveillance and facial recognition discreetly.
I recall an article saying a bit of makeup can be enough to fool automatic facial recognition. It compares flat, 2D images, so “faking different shadows” in key areas like the eyes and nose would make you a different person
It’s actually surprisingly difficult to thwart facial recognition with makeup alone. It’s not something as simple as just adding some extra contouring, because the software is typically using videos of moving people, not just a single still image. Plus new models are constantly being developed, and what works for one model isn’t guaranteed to work for all of them. Even makeup as extreme as this often fails to fool detection:
Even if wild makeup was the answer, you’d still have to start some kind of cultural movement for it to be practical. Otherwise you’re basically painting “political dissident” on your face and being the one person in town that looks like a Jackson Pollock will just make you easier to spot in the crowd.
Honestly I wouldn’t mind contributing if someone wanted to do it.