Category Archives: facerecognition

Fooling Face Recognition with Infrared Light

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Yet another development in the arms race between facial recognition systems and facial-recognition-system foolers. BoingBoing post….
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Technology to Out Sex Workers

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Two related stories: PornHub is using machine learning algorithms to identify actors in different videos, so as to better index them. People are worried that it can really identify them, by linking their stage names to their real names. Facebook somehow managed to link a sex worker’s clients under her fake name to her real profile. Sometimes people have legitimate… Continue reading Technology to Out Sex Workers→

Apple’s FaceID

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This is a good interview with Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering about FaceID. Honestly, I don’t know what to think. I am confident that Apple is not collecting a photo database, but not optimistic that it can’t be hacked with fake faces. I dislike the fact that the police can point the phone at someone and have it automatically unlock…. Continue reading Apple’s FaceID→

Fooling Facial Recognition Systems

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This is some interesting research. You can fool facial recognition systems by wearing glasses printed with elements of other people’s faces. Mahmood Sharif, Sruti Bhagavatula, Lujo Bauer, and Michael K. Reiter, "Accessorize to a Crime: Real and Stealthy Attacks on State-of-the-Art Face Recognition": ABSTRACT: Machine learning is enabling a myriad innovations, including new algorithms for cancer diagnosis and self-driving cars…. Continue reading Fooling Facial Recognition Systems→