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Related thought, on hiding from cameras and overzealous public identification systems... Most western nations are now, temporarily, accepting face coverings as
by emptybits 6y ago
Related thought, on hiding from cameras and overzealous public identification systems...
Most western nations are now, temporarily, accepting face coverings as daily attire in the age of COVID-19. Plenty of asian and muslim nations did previously, for cultural and health reasons.
Culturally acceptable anonymity, courtesy of the pandemic. Maybe this isn't temporary if the fear of future viral spreads takes root in culture.
- NikolaNovak 6y agoneat if it worked, but article specifically calls out that Chinese (and other) systems have been trained on medical-masked datasets :-/
- emptybits 6y agoYes, several Chinese companies claim to do reliable identification of masked faces.[1] I find that pretty amazing but time will tell. [1] https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/03/10/masks-wont-make-you-safe-from-facial-recognition/ https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/03/10/masks-wont-make-you...
- JauntTrooper 6y agoI wonder how accurate gait recognition technology will become.