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Tangential topic. Are masks of the type worn to protect against covid-19 effective against being identified on camera? Because this seems like an amazing excus
by ColanR 7y ago
Tangential topic.
Are masks of the type worn to protect against covid-19 effective against being identified on camera? Because this seems like an amazing excuse (in terms of a silver lining on a very dark cloud) for facemasks as 'anonymity wear' to become mainstream.
- markhall 7y agoYes/No. Here, probably. Elsewhere, no. In China, their facial recognition has got so good that they can track people even with face masks on: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/how-china-built-facial-recognition-for-people-wearing-masks/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/how-china-built-...
- aledalgrande 7y agoAlso if you add gait recognition, you can add as many masks and hoodies as you want, but you will not escape recognition.
- FridgeSeal 7y agoWould wearing some kind of full length cloak or burqa-sequence garment that obscures a lot of movement be a plausible counter? Obviously they can’t obscure everything about your gait, but I imagine they’d take away enough useful information to make it significantly harder.
- aledalgrande 7y agoProbably, but at that point you'd stand out to humans! Imagine being at an airport...
- ShiftedClock 7y agoFor now, but if everyone was wearing one it could work.
- FridgeSeal 7y agoStanding out to humans is plausibly less of am issue than being monitored and recorded and your data stored in perpetuity. Humans will forget about you, data recorded about you will be stored an reused and abused for who knows how long.
- aledalgrande 7y agoGood point. I was thinking that in a case of an oppressive gov you wouldn't be able to wear these things anyway.