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StaySquared ,

Dang... the UK got China'd.

AnUnusualRelic ,
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They fixed it, the new implementation requires a DNA sample now.

SquiffSquiff ,

More reputable sure covering this and related stories https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-69055945

dependencyinjection ,

Could attaching infrared leds to glasses or caps be away to prevent these systems from capturing people’s faces.

Think I saw something on black mirror once or might have been another show.

Possible business opportunity selling to crackheads lol.

fiercekitten ,

I think IR lights on glasses can blind cameras, and there are also infrared-blocking glasses that also reflect IR light from cameras back at them. So yes, adding lights or reflectors can be effective.

But we shouldn't even have to consider these workarounds to maintain our privacy and security. And even if we start wearing these glasses or fooling the systems, governments will outlaw the use of such circumventing tech.

Our reaction to this needs to be "we will not allow this tech to be used against us, period." Ban it for law enforcement, ban it for commerce, ban it in airports and schools.

sugar_in_your_tea ,

governments will outlaw the use of such circumventing tech

They can't stop all of us. If they outlaw using it, I'd support (or even organize) a protest group that organizes widespread use of them.

fiercekitten ,

Well in that case, one brand of such glasses is Reflectacles 😎

sugar_in_your_tea ,

Reflectacles

Cool! Looks like they also have a discount for Monero purchases. I might have to pick one up.

I wish they would make a line available for cheap so a charity could hand them out for free, ~$150 is a bit much.

squidspinachfootball ,

Very neat, I wonder how effective they are at confusing facial recognition and 3D facial scanning systems? Not that we often encounter the 3D scanning, but an interesting aspect to consider.

sugar_in_your_tea ,

I just wonder if I'd get in trouble for wearing them at the airport. That's the most likely place for 3D facial scanning.

But AFAIK, most facial recognition systems use IR, whether they're 2D or 3D, so I would guess they'd be pretty effective.

dependencyinjection , (edited )

Thanks for the informative and thought out reply.

Also, thanks for killing my joke business idea by mentioning a brand that makes these.

I would like to see them in the rim of a cap too. As I always have a cap in my head.

Edit: Hot damn they’re expensive. Business idea is back.

Edit 2: If they have blockers to block IR. Would UV light have the same issue or other wavelengths that are not visible to humans.

Edit 3: UV is dumb. We don’t need cancer.

Final solution is we all convert to Islam and pretend to be women.

You999 ,

Ultraviolet would be a terrible idea as UV-A and UV-B can cause skin cancer over prolonged exposure and UV-C will straight up burn your eyes and skin.

dependencyinjection ,

Thanks for saving my dumbass. Got enough going on to deal with skin cancer haha.

setsneedtofeed ,
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I presume at that point the store would just have security walk out the person wearing the hat.

dependencyinjection ,

How would they know it had lights in it?

It could be a ravers led hat that isn’t turned on.

setsneedtofeed ,
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If the AI is flagging faces and immediately alerting employees, it is likely also going to throw up a flag for abnormal interference like that. Or if it doesn't do it now, it is a feature that could be added if such hats become a common enough.

Alph4d0g ,

She got more than she Home Bargained for

Paragone ,

IF you want to create accountability among such arrogent tech executives,

THEN you need to enforce accountability, and 1 excellent way of doing it, would be to immediately, & permanently, ban the CEO of that company from having any right to any in-country right to purchase anything.

Force THEM to be subject to the abuse they enforce on "their inferiors", and .. oh, suddenly their motivations appear from "nowhere"??

Enforced-accountability against executives & oligarchs needs to be automatic, not "politically impossible, because they're the privileged ones, with real rights", the way our current dogshit for-profit manufactured "culture" insists.

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Sam_Bass ,

Thats about as close to a generic female face there is

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