What do you guys think about this glasses to use daily to escape Facial Recognition? Worth the price? Does it really work?
https://reflectacles.com
Relevant xkcd: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/license_plate_2x.png
I doubt they work, and they're definitely not worth the price imo
I can get a pair of prescription sunglasses for less than that
Idk if regular sunglasses will prevent your face from being captured by facial recognition systems.
And how exactly are these glasses preventing that ? Simple ray optics would suggest otherwise !
They are made from a material that reflects visible and/or infrared light and its lenses block the system that is used to measure the distance between your eyeballs avoiding to create a unique profile from your face. Many facial recognition cameras (not all) relies on infrared to search for patterns in human face and this glasses reflects IR. These glasses are one of the few tools that we can at least use to try protect our privacy against facial recognition.
They're IR reflectors. Presumably only work on cameras with built in IR lighting, and only at night.
A more effective thing to do will be to add IR LEDs to a hat or something over/around your face.
Facial recognition does not need to use infrared in any way to work. Source: have trained many models
I read somewhere that during covid there was a big shift in recognition techniques to overall facial morphology & gait recognition.
I'll try & find an article. Mask up & keep a coin in your shoe.
If you keep a coin in your shoe everywhere you go then you will have the same gait regardless, everywhere you go.
The purpose is not to avoid profiling while doing "sneaky shit". I don't do "sneaky shit". The point is to avoid being profiled.
But what if I still want to attract the worm, while still foiling gait recognition technology?
Probably stock up on shoes with different sole & treadhight. Flipflops one day, combat boots the next. Or identical shoes with different amounts of wear on the bottom, vary your leg height & you'll adjust your posture to compensate. Might be able to get away with just carrying really heavy shit in only one of your pockets. Anything sensitive enough to track small signifiers in stride length & foot pronation would hopefully be easy to juke by that same sensitivity.
This seems more like an art project than a functional product. Highly doubt it'll work
Oh yeah, We're looking for that idiot in the stupid sunglasses, a tinfoil hat, and a fedora.
The only thing they block is the eyes, nothing is obscured otherwise, their own demos on their website show that.
I personally won't be wasting my money, if I want to obscure my face I'll wear a face mask and color contacts like I already do.
but if we combine the glasses with a mask maybe we have a good approach, right?
I suggest balaclava with ski mask. Or this. https://medieval-armour.com/images/stories/virtuemart/product/002_2-03_lrg_so.jpg
Grab this https://hackaday.com/2022/10/20/render-yourself-invisible-to-ai-with-this-adversarial-sweater-of-doom/ and you will become the invisible man
I suppose putting on a very unique pair of glasses would for sure avoid facial recognition. Why would there be a need to recognize your face if u make yourself so obviously different vs others. Haha.
A dumbass camera would be sufficient. No need for complicated facial recognition camera.
But if majority wear this to prevent facial recognition, they won't be standing out anymore.
That's not how they work. They're highly reflective, so they block analog cameras, and they're infrared blocking, so they stop auto focus.
Any sources to back up that a vague amount of infrared of the eye region is so meaningfully essential to face recognition systems? My sunglasses reflect most visible light, and they reflect some infrared light, and they cost $5. Even granting that very shaky claim, infrared blocking materials aren't that expensive, this seems like a gimmick to make up for big prices.
A mask and any sunglasses or hat will prevent facial recognition 1000x better I suspect.
Dunno what those cost, but a pair of IR blocking safety glasses are like 15 bucks or less, blend in a whole lot better, and won't make you stand out like a shining beacon in video.
Worth the price is subjective. Are you a wanted criminal, or planning a heist? Then probably yes. Otherwise, probably no.
I wonder, could you get them with prescription lenses or would it defeat the purpose of the glasses?
