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21st Century Camouflage Confuses Face Detectors

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Thomas Miller
21st Century Camouflage Confuses Face Detectors

When it comes to disguises, silly mustaches and fake noses won’t cut it anymore.

As facial recognition capabilities grow more sophisticated, cameras and algorithms can to do more with less. Even grainy images, like those you might find on a gas station surveillance camera, can hold enough information to match a face to a database. But there are ways to hide. 

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Your face is garnering a lot of interest these days. Police departments use facial recognition systems to identify criminals. Facebook knows your friends’ faces. Facial recognition is being incorporated into billboards to display ads based on the sex of the person looking at them.

In the not-so-distant future, your face might replace your wallet—a smile will serve as your identification card and credit card. Amazon plans to eliminate the checkout line at its new brick-and-mortar grocery store concept, Amazon Go, in Seattle. How? 

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