What do you guys think about this glasses to use daily to escape Facial Recognition? Worth the price? Does it really work?
Relevant xkcd: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/license_plate_2x.png
this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
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This is also how we stop our biggest abusers of our service. They leave such a unique fingerprint from all our other customers, we just quietly shadowban them.
What service, if I may ask, is it that you run?
I prefer dazzle paint. It looks way more badass.
It doesn’t need to be as dramatic as this. The goal is simply to obscure key parts of the face that are commonly used for individualization. Between the eyebrows, the bridge of the nose, jawline, eye tilt, etc are all common key data points that facial recognition systems use to differentiate between similar faces. You can also try to avoid facial detection from pinging you in the first place, by obscuring the expected oval head shape. Style your hair asymmetrically, have bangs that droop over one eye, break up the expected round shape, use a color that mismatches your skintone, etc…
Your face paint is definitely an extreme example of the latter. But the important part is that some may actually still be able to detect a face (even if it can’t positively identify them) because they didn’t do anything to obscure the head shape or obscure at least one of their eyes.
But I want it to be as dramatic as this.
What's my ex doing here?
Oh god, it's my ex too.
So to defeat facial recognition all I need is a Flock of Seagulls haircut?
And that's how I got kicked out of the local trader joes...
In what direction are you moving in? I can't tell!
I doubt they work, and they're definitely not worth the price imo
I can get a pair of prescription sunglasses for less than that
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This seems more like an art project than a functional product. Highly doubt it'll work
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I suppose putting on a very unique pair of glasses would for sure avoid facial recognition. Why would there be a need to recognize your face if u make yourself so obviously different vs others. Haha.
A dumbass camera would be sufficient. No need for complicated facial recognition camera.
That's not how they work. They're highly reflective, so they block analog cameras, and they're infrared blocking, so they stop auto focus.
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But if majority wear this to prevent facial recognition, they won't be standing out anymore.
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Put your grasses on, nothing will be wrong...
So this is what my homies mean when they say "bro this is too far, you need to touch grass"
I read somewhere that during covid there was a big shift in recognition techniques to overall facial morphology & gait recognition.
I'll try & find an article. Mask up & keep a coin in your shoe.
Grab this https://hackaday.com/2022/10/20/render-yourself-invisible-to-ai-with-this-adversarial-sweater-of-doom/ and you will become the invisible man
Okay. Who's doing the PDF deep dive and letting us know how this works in TL;DR format?
You take the image recognization machine, and you run the output of your own algorithm through it, training your algorithm to value patterns that confuse the first machine.
I wouldn't trust this to work against updated machine learning algorithms.
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The only thing they block is the eyes, nothing is obscured otherwise, their own demos on their website show that.
I personally won't be wasting my money, if I want to obscure my face I'll wear a face mask and color contacts like I already do.
but if we combine the glasses with a mask maybe we have a good approach, right?
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Worth the price is subjective. Are you a wanted criminal, or planning a heist? Then probably yes. Otherwise, probably no.
Or maybe attending a protest in China?
I would definitely want something more than these glasses in that case, but that's another possible use for them for sure.
Maybe you just want to look sick at the next rave.
Not their intended purpose, but that's the only one that doesn't sound stupid
Edit: looking at their website, that might be their intended target audience.
If you live in a authoritarian country this will just put a target on your back. They will still stop and search you: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/facial-recognition-cameras-technology-london-trial-met-police-face-cover-man-fined-a8756936.html
Typical Europe
Lol what? The met aren't even representative of policing in the UK, let alone the rest of Europe!
Any sources to back up that a vague amount of infrared of the eye region is so meaningfully essential to face recognition systems? My sunglasses reflect most visible light, and they reflect some infrared light, and they cost $5. Even granting that very shaky claim, infrared blocking materials aren't that expensive, this seems like a gimmick to make up for big prices.
A mask and any sunglasses or hat will prevent facial recognition 1000x better I suspect.
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What.
I wonder, could you get them with prescription lenses or would it defeat the purpose of the glasses?
I am always reminded on the scramble suit from a Scanner Darkly.
Mate they're ugly as hell, i won't buy that shit
Are these not just glasses blocking IR? I didn't look too much into them, but looking at the lenses. Looks like IR blocking lenses.
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