Ask HN: How can you shield your face from facial recognition

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[yesenadam]

This talk from the last DEF CON is good, there's stuff on confusing face, body and numberplate-reading NNs in various ways.

Kate Rose - Adversarial Fashion Sartorial Hacking - DEF CON 27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVcGZ_Ak4NI

[BjoernKW]

Zak McKracken nose glasses ...

On a more serious note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_vision_dazzle

Inspired by dazzle painting for ships (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage ) rather than hiding your face this type of makeup attempts to confuse computer vision systems with weird shapes and colours.

Here are a few examples: https://cvdazzle.com/ These tend to be rather conspicuous, though. Depending on your environment and the rest of your style these might attract quite some attention.

[karinakarina]

I wear a cap, but I would like to invest in some reflectacles (https://www.reflectacles.com/#home), glasses that block facial mapping.

[wizzerking]

I have a baseball style cap with a ring of IR LEDS attached to a circuit and battery everytime I go around LAX https://www.instructables.com/id/The-Invisible-Face-Mask-/ https://odditymall.com/justice-caps-hide-your-face-from-surv...

By the time they get around to viewing the videos i am long gone. Just wear run of the mill clothes to blend in

[thepaulstella]

Juggalo makeup - woop woop.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/worried-facial-recognition-t...

[askGor]

Put something colorful on your nose!

[Finnucane]

Everyone should wear Groucho glasses.

[drallison]

Or, better, Guy Fawkes masks, for example, https://smile.amazon.com/Floureon-Vendetta-Costume-Cosplay-C...

[Finnucane]

But less amusing.