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Face-Swapping Software To Protect Privacy

Posted by timothy on from the so-long-as-we-can-choose-the-swappees dept.

(0d0 writes "Some researchers at Columbia University's Computer Vision Labratory have developed software to automatically replace faces in batches of photos. Practical applications include protecting the identities of people in Google's Street View, coupling it with a digital camera's burst mode to create a perfect group photo, or protecting the identities of witnesses or law enforcement and military personnel. Other links to coverage include Boing Boing, American Public Media, and New Scientist."

8 of 85 comments (clear)

  1. New Name by EdIII · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let's call the Automatic Fugly Machine.

    Dear god, they mangled those 2 celebrities *bad*. I think Denzel should sue them.

  2. Good news everybody! by CaptainPatent · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we don't have to do it the old fashioned way.

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    Well, back to rejecting software patent applications.
  3. Gee I would like to "face swap" my ugly face! by Neanderthal+Ninny · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anything will help my ugly face! My face will scare Medusa!
    I remember a long time ago one of my co-workers was using a dating website in the 1990's and put another person's picture instead of their own picture. It would be interesting to picture of the girl when she arrived for the date!

  4. Great! by lobiusmoop · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now everyone can be John Malkovich.

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    "I bless every day that I continue to live, for every day is pure profit."
  5. Here is an example by johnny+cashed · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/07/27/books/manjoo-600.jpg

    Are you surprised? It is google, they sell advertising.

  6. Use at airports? by Toe,+The · · Score: 4, Funny

    So when the airport screeners use their fancy equipment to look at our naked bodies... they can put someone else's face on them?

    The mind boggles.

  7. Re:I thought what I'd do was... by Kamineko · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about a Face Off reference?

  8. Cue The Matrix by Pincus · · Score: 2, Funny

    In all my photos, everybody around me will be Agent Smith.