Yet another development in the arms race between facial recognition systems and facial-recognition-system foolers. BoingBoing post. Powered by WPeMatico
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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 … Read More “Apple’s FaceID” »
This is some interesting research. You can fool facial recognition systems by wearing glasses printed with elements of other peoples’ 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 … Read More “Fooling Facial Recognition Systems” »