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All it Takes to Steal Your Face is a Special Pair of Glasses

posted by martyb on Wednesday November 02 2016, @06:13PM   
from the you-lookin'-at-ME? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Computers, phones, and even online stores are starting to use your face as a password. But new research from Carnegie Mellon University shows that facial recognition software is far from secure.

In a paper (pdf) presented at a security conference on Oct. 28, researchers showed they could trick AI facial recognition systems into misidentifying faces—making someone caught on camera appear to be someone else, or even unrecognizable as human. With a special pair of eyeglass frames, the team forced commercial-grade facial recognition software into identifying the wrong person with up to 100% success rates.

http://qz.com/823820/carnegie-mellon-made-a-special-pair-of-glasses-that-lets-you-steal-a-digital-identity/

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Original Submission

• Re:New frames with new faces (Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Thursday November 03 2016, @10:24AM

  by GreatAuntAnesthesia (3275) on Thursday November 03 2016, @10:24AM (#421993) Journal

  But this, wearing glasses, is hardly something you can make laws against

  Don't bet on it: https://redditblog.com/2015/10/14/cambodia-khmer-rouge-murder-eyeglasses-intellectuals/ [redditblog.com]

  OK, pedantically, wearing glasses wasn't technically outlawed by the Khmer Rouge, but I think the distinction is lost on someone murdered by their government for no other reason.

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