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'Privacy Visor' Can Fool Face-Recognition Cameras

Posted by Soulskill on from the why-geordi-really-wore-a-visor dept.

itwbennett writes: Dark shades aren't enough to go incognito in the age of face recognition camera systems. For that you need the Privacy Visor developed at Japan's National Institute of Informatics. The visor consists of a lightweight, wraparound, semitransparent plastic sheet fitted over eyewear frames. It works by reflecting overhead light into the camera lens, causing the area around the eyes to appear much brighter than normal.

4 of 110 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Kind of self-defeating by freeze128 · · Score: 3, Funny

    $250 to look like an idiot? Put a nylon stocking over your head for the same effect.

  2. wait, what? by slashmydots · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about they just look for the one wearing the gigantic white freaky sunglasses? I'd say just wear a ski mask. It's slightly less conspicuous than those glasses.

  3. Just Wear a Cheap Burka by BoRegardless · · Score: 3, Funny

    Given the weak, wimpy politically correct crowd, they'll be legal to wear in the near future.

  4. Re:infrared by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wear a fedora when I go out

    Yes, we'd guessed that.