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Reverse-engineering artist busts face detection tech
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Apr 23, 2010 05:25pm |
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| Category | Amusing |
| Author | Dan Goodin |
| News Date | Friday, April 23, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Hacking Big Brother with help from Revlon
Concerned about the proliferation of face recognition systems in public places, a grad student in New York is developing privacy-enhancing hacks designed to thwart the futuristic surveillance technology.
Using off-the-shelf makeup and accessories such as glasses, veils, and artificial hair, Adam Harvey's master's thesis combines hipster fashion aesthetics with hardcore reverse engineering of face detection software. The goal: to give individuals a low-cost and visually stimulating means to prevent their likenesses from being detected and cataloged by face-recognition monitors.
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