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Facial recognition can work with ordinary facemasks. I don't have a link handy, but I'm sure Google can produce one, given the timeliness of the question.

As to your question, I also wonder about such things as:

* Makeup: https://www.vogue.com/article/anti-surveillance-makeup-cv-da...

* Hair styles: https://cvdazzle.com/

* Clothes: https://www.businessinsider.com/clothes-accessories-that-out...

* Infrared LEDs: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/03/fooling_face_...

* Image manipulation software: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21353810/facial-recognitio...

And other things.




Facial recognition can work with ordinary facemasks

In theory, in practice it's unlikely to be very reliable outside of controlled situations like passport checks. https://apex.aero/articles/facial-recognition-tech-works-mas...

inb4 'gait recognition is foolproof'.


The first several links all say they make a big difference. Face masks are already known to stop the spread of coronavirus. Apparently, they can also make it much harder for facial-recognition software to identify you, too. (cnn)

It’s true accurate identification in ideal conditions is still possible, but catching random jaywalkers is hardly ideal conditions.


Right, but the newest of the first 4 links are still 6 months old. Six months is an eternity in the world of technology, ya know?

How much is 6 months converted into units of "new JS frameworks," BTW? ;)


> Six months is an eternity in the world of technology, ya know?

That's not even true in research, let alone production-ready deployment at scale.

Just because there might be a paper out that pushes SOTA by a few percentage points, doesn't mean there's a halfway usable product behind it as well.


Facial recognition is one of those "the little things add up" type deals. The tech is still not on par with humans and humans can't reliably recognize each other (unless it's like your sibling or something) without context clues when it's someone they aren't expecting and the person is wearing a mask or has a beard and the lighting is crappy.




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