How to stop Facial Recognition in Public BySydney Butler-May 23, 2018 “3/3.1637.jpg” I don’t know if you’ve noticed but now we’re living in the future. Many of those dystopian sci-fi tales of Big Brother are now coming true. One of the reasons we’re so passionate about privacy on TechNadu is that new technologies are putting the squeeze into our personal liberties, particularly in government hands. If your phone does not monitor your location, it is as easy as a website cookie used to sell your details to advertisers. I know who you are in the broadest sense at least. That alone is pretty scary but things are about to get a lot darker. You can now be tracked by your profile, thanks to advances in AI computer camera systems and the internet. That’s right, you could be immediately identified by stepping out in public within a camera’s view. While there is no evidence of widespread facial tracking by governments or corporations, the technology is still ready. For example, some sports stadia have already implemented the technology. Madison Square Garden is using facial recognition technology to identify and tag troublemakers. The new AI powered systems are capable of processing thousands of faces in a very short time.
Anti-mask Legislation
“3/3.1638.jpg” Wearing some kind of mask in public would be the simplest solution. That you can still do in some countries. Yet the home nation is more likely to have some kind of anti-mask rule than not. Clearly this is done to fight suspects who try to hide their identities. Sadly this also stops you from using anything to cover your entire profile. Which means we need to adopt a different approach. In addition to wearing a mask in public, it is likely to cause tension with others too. The last thing you want to do is bring yourself to attention. Just Your Face Matters
“3/3.1639.png” As it stands facial recognition does not look at anything apart from your face’s structure itself. Which means doing something like changing your hair color won’t really help. Strategies for defeating facial recognition are best constructed around making it difficult for the software to lock your facial geometry first.
Doesn’t it?3/3.1641.png Many surveillance cameras are set up pretty high that means you can use a wide-brimmed hat or cap to cover your face. Even if the bottom of your face is visible to the camera that isn’t enough to get a positive identification. Beanies and hoodie hoods won’t help much as they leave your face completely exposed.
Use Sunglasses
Wearing sunglasses is quite innocent, but it turns out that this simple piece of eyewear is also an effective way of stopping facial recognition systems from getting a bead. Many close-up infrared device may still see right through them but it’s a cheap and easy deterrent for those cameras that spot faces at a distance.
Buy Special Privacy Glasses
This is actually an active facial recognition countermeasure. There are now several attempts to make a pair of glasses which will deliberately blind cameras. They can’t see your face to know it in that way. Nevertheless, you can order a pair of “reflectacles” that makes it impossible for CCTV infrarot cameras to see your face, as well as visible-light glare. It looks a bit ridiculous but it does seem to work.
Wear Facewear On
While facial recognition technology is fast and accurate, it’s not all that sophisticated yet. That means if you’re wearing a shirt with somebody’s face on it you might trick the machine into recording faces instead of yours. Good candidates include shirts from the rock band which will create the impression that Metallica really got around. Use Makeup Camouflage
You can also implement special makeup designs when you’re a hip modern woman (or a very secure man). These were created to make facial recognition confusing. The concept is mostly attributed to CV Dazzlewho has a variety of rather impressive makeup designs that will really make the AI think twice or three thousand times before you get a lock on your ID.
While the different methods mentioned here will help protect you from most facial recognition systems in use today, it won’t last forever. The latest research on improving face recognition has yielded some stunning results. A researcher at the University of Cambridge has developed new facial recognition facial recognition software for police For successful countermeasures there may be a larger market in the near future. Actually designed to blind the eyes of all-seeing machines. For now there’ll have to be some sunglasses and a big hat.