Comments on: Dazzle makeup and hairstyles to confuse facial recognition algorithms

By: crummett

crummett — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:01:00 +0000

The Ugliest Make-up in the World?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:40:00 +0000

And yet people continue to stamp themselves with unique identifying marks (tattoos)

Unique? Where do you live that 95% of the people with tattoos don’t have the same ones?

By: ferd

ferd — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:43:00 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

By: SF Herbie

SF Herbie — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:26:00 +0000

NOW I get you, lady Gaga!

By: sarahnocal

sarahnocal — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:02:00 +0000

And yet people continue to stamp themselves with unique identifying marks ( tattoos)

By: Jer_00

Jer_00 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:33:00 +0000

“similar alternative subcultures”

I imagine there aren’t too many Juggalos who are going to be tagged by face recognition systems either…

By: Lobster

Lobster — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:19:00 +0000

As an added bonus, other humans won’t recognize you as a person either.

By: Martijn

Martijn — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:23:00 +0000

Goth and similar alternative subcultures sound like the best approach to get facial-recognition defeating hair and make-up mainstream.

Personally I think many of the CV Dazzle examples aren’t all that extreme, really. The one with just some high-contrast make-up on your cheeks seems very simple, yet it’s effective.

By: Camp Freddie

Camp Freddie — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:14:00 +0000

I can’t wait to see all those terrorists dressing up like New Romantics.
Osama would’ve never been caught if he shaved off his beard, dyed his hair pink and put on some mascara.
This could also lead to Spandau Ballet tribute bands being put on the no-fly list. This could save many peoples eardrums.

By: Simeon2020

Simeon2020 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:11:00 +0000

I think a better approach would be to design an urban dazzle camo pattern that *would* trigger facial recognition algo’s and then print it up as a repeating pattern on hats, shirts, jackets etc. and get that adopted as fashion.
The system would then be so overloaded by false positives as to make ID difficult. The subtle deformations of fabrics may be enough to keep the pattern from being delisted.

By: Symbiote

Symbiote — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:52:00 +0000

Many of my friends dress more-or-less like that (more like this). I'm surprised you find those images unsettling. You should avoid goth clubs ;-)

By: Narmitaj

Narmitaj — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:32:00 +0000

See the anti-surveillance face trick demonstrated in Four Lions (a comedy about British suicide bombers) at 1:31 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGk2TojOd-4. "Barry says you come out blurry".

By: Ric

Ric — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:22:00 +0000

This is remarkably similar to the anti-CCTV T-Shirt in William Gibson’s “Zero History”. Think Bruce Sterling came up with the concept…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_History

By: James Eagle

James Eagle — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:46:00 +0000

Who would bother?

By: James Eagle

James Eagle — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:44:00 +0000

Damn, I was hoping this would work but doesn’t seem to on my phones face recognition.

By: kmoser

kmoser — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:05:00 +0000

I prefer the Cousin Itt method of disguise.

By: MrEricSir

MrEricSir — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:05:00 +0000

If it confuses humans AND an algorithm, then the algorithm has effectively passed the Turing Test.

By: pjcamp

pjcamp — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:50:00 +0000

Y’all. Down here we say “y’all.”

And no, y’all might but we’uns find it useful to see where we’re going.

By: Terry Border

Terry Border — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:22:00 +0000

If looking like that is the price I would have to pay, I might have to go ahead and surrender to big brother.

By: ultranaut

ultranaut — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:19:00 +0000

bedazzled by dystopia!

By: EH

EH — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:14:00 +0000

Fantastic. I love this kind of idea.

By: oasisob1

oasisob1 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:11:00 +0000

Wasn’t this already boing’d long ago?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:16:00 +0000

I think *I’m* confused.

Me, too. Don’t you all wear this every day?

By: Jim Saul

Jim Saul — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:34:00 +0000

Or you could just wear IR LED earings bright enough to wash out the systems.

And change channels on every TV you walk past…

And be a beacon like a lighthouse for every night-vision helicopter cop…

By: gyffes

gyffes — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:31:00 +0000

I believe the TSA considers smiling a terrorist-only act.

Along with frowning, sighing, rolling your eyes, closing your eyes, breathing, and crying quietly as you consider the tattered state of our Bill of Rights..

By: pjcamp

pjcamp — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:23:00 +0000

I think *I’m* confused.

By: medontlivenoprahsworld

medontlivenoprahsworld — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:20:00 +0000

Hey, I want to be mistaken for David Bowie!

By: bkad

bkad — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:07:00 +0000

Unfortunately these methods may confuse humans too…the example are strangely unsettling to me, almost frightening.

By: Smart E Pantz

Smart E Pantz — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:07:00 +0000

God bless the Goths.

By: Matt Staggs

Matt Staggs — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:06:00 +0000

This is like something out of Blade Runner. I used to always think how people looked in near-future film was stupid and unbelievable. Now I realize it was protective coloration.