Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
are the prices from Capable a joke? who thefuck pays $6-700 for a pair of joggers or sweater. privacy wear should be affordable, not a luxury. it’s the wealthy class that’s making this a problem in the first place
yes but these are designed to deter a specific type of intrusion from paparazzi, hence their popularity with celebrities. if it was effective at all times, it would be blinding to the naked eye, which would limit its usefulness to most people.
if you’re looking to evade passive facial detection by smart glasses, a facial covering like a surgical mask is probably the lowest profile solution, followed by those bulky IR-proof glasses like what Reflectacles sells. maybe a combination of both but at some point it becomes conspicuous to have your face covered so fully all the time, not to mention impractical for socialization.
Apparently quite a few people are developing ways to defect facial recognition https://www.stratecta.exchange/fashion-that-can-beat-facial-recognition-systems/
I was pleasantly surprised to find out Zenni now offers a near infrared blocking coating for their glasses.
are the prices from Capable a joke? who thefuck pays $6-700 for a pair of joggers or sweater. privacy wear should be affordable, not a luxury. it’s the wealthy class that’s making this a problem in the first place
Has Zenni gotten rid of the polarized lenses? I checked a few sunglasses and couldn’t configure them with polarized lenses…
If you’re wanting to block IR maybe look for a pair that uses the Zenni ID Guard thing? Edit: just double checked and that’s where the option is now.
How does this “anti-papparazi” thing work?
Read the linked article. It goes through a lot methods.
I did read it but still can’t grasp it.
reflective particles in the garment nullify flash photography by fucking with the exposure to wash out other elements of the subject
here’s an example photo of Trevor Noah wearing one of these scarves without and with flash:
So it only works with flash on. Not that helpful, then?
yes but these are designed to deter a specific type of intrusion from paparazzi, hence their popularity with celebrities. if it was effective at all times, it would be blinding to the naked eye, which would limit its usefulness to most people.
If someone were to take a picture of me without flash, the scarf would lose their effect. I believe the glasses won’t use flash.
if you’re looking to evade passive facial detection by smart glasses, a facial covering like a surgical mask is probably the lowest profile solution, followed by those bulky IR-proof glasses like what Reflectacles sells. maybe a combination of both but at some point it becomes conspicuous to have your face covered so fully all the time, not to mention impractical for socialization.
I had no idea there were so many methods