r/interesting • u/Green____cat • 5d ago

A mask made to block AI based facial recognition from all angles. SCIENCE & TECH

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u/moirno 5d ago

Why not a simple mask?

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u/Eva-Squinge 5d ago

After the massive stigma against them in 2020? Nope, high fashion statements only!

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u/RIQY__ 5d ago

The only stigma that came with masks in 2020 was idiots outting themselves as idiots. 

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u/Eva-Squinge 5d ago

Yes. But those are the same idiots who’d be buying masks like these.

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u/DownvoteEvangelist 5d ago

Masks that leave eyes visible is not enough, I think there was a Chinese paper about how it's possible to make face detection highly accurate even with masks on.

But just putting a regular Mickey mouse mask should work (and could also get you shot in a bank...)

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u/TobiNano 5d ago

During covid, my school had these facial recognition scans to take your temperature. The screen indicates your temperature, and your name as well.

Everyone was wearing masks, and it could tell who you were in just a second.

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u/Soothesayers 5d ago

We're they trained from the start with masked images of the user base though?

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u/TobiNano 5d ago

No idea? I mean if they were to just put student's id photos into the computer, and then hide our mouths and nose in the picture, that's technically training it with "masked images" of us I guess?

Other than that, we didn't need to do anything. The machines just showed up one day in school and it worked so well like you wouldn't believe.

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u/schmuber 5d ago

Venetian carnival masks it is then!

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u/BenevolentCrows 5d ago

This is relevant in China, where these techs are a common place, they don't have a stigma against facemasks there. 

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u/MemeHermetic 5d ago

A person can look at you and easily identify you with this on. The AI can't.

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u/newsflashjackass 5d ago

"How did you unravel my identity?!?"

"Well I only know one person who walks around cosplaying Mysterio every day of their life so you must be Josh."

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u/SugondezeNutsz 5d ago

Says the headline lmao

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u/Fiiral_ 5d ago

Okay so you wait two years and now it can lol

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u/MemeHermetic 5d ago

No question. It's that gap between that and the Ghost in the Shell SAC era, where we just hack everyone's eyes, that's painful.

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u/Fiiral_ 5d ago

Thankfully, it is going to be over quickly™ hopefully™

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u/ahora-mismo 5d ago

with that mask on you are the most easily identifible person.

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u/MemeHermetic 5d ago

I mean, if you're going by the mask, I think opaque pink would stand out even more.

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u/CrpytonicCryptograph 5d ago

You can still be recognized by other humans.

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u/XevynAeght 5d ago edited 5d ago

Because fashion born from dystopias look fucking cool

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u/Lillus121 5d ago

As horrific as this is, this could spark a new cultural revolution of full face masks. We're on our way to becoming Bionicles!

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u/ADHD-Fens 5d ago

Looks cooler

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u/jck_am 5d ago

Facial recognition can still detect your face with a surgical mask with >90% accuracy. Clearview AI have been doing this for years.

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u/KadenKraw 5d ago

What about a Richard Nixon mask?

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u/new_name_who_dis_ 5d ago

Sunglasses would make any facial recognition algorithm break down, you don't even need a mask. I work in computer vision.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Because in places it's illegal to wear them?

Yeah I wish I was joking.