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Hacking Big Brother With Help From Revlon

Posted by Soulskill on from the better-option-than-back-alley-eye-transplants dept.

skids writes "All those futuristic full-face eyeliner jobs in dystopian cyberpunk fiction might not be that far off the mark. A New York University student spent his thesis time exploring computer vision technology (OpenCV) for ways in which one could confound first-stage algorithms that initially lock onto faces. Then he mixed in a bit of fashion sense to predict future geek chic. Now, whether you want to go for the coal-miner look just to stay out of the data mine, that's up to you."

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  1. Soulskill trying to meet his quota? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Stories every 20 minutes? Sheesh, kids these days.

  2. Offtopic reply.... by rts008 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    *continuing offtopic*
    Thanks for that link!
    I think I have found my retirement plan. :-)

    Idaho? Well, that's okay, since I like potatoes.

    My original plan was:
    1. grow up (I was 8-10 years old)
    2. ??*get assloads of money*???
    3. buy Montana, and move into the middle of it.

    Oh yeah, since this is /. ...
    4. PROFIT!!!!!
    *end offtopic reply*

    Wow! Dugout Dick's face is truly one that 'only a mother could love', but his spirit I find purely beautiful.
    'Long live the spirit of Dugout Dick!!!'

    Again, thanks!...I had no idea.....

    Besides, Montana is getting too crowded, Alaska is too cold, and the '2.' [above] has not worked as well as planned...and I have turned into Max Goldman *sigh*

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