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kleinbl00  ·  3441 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Technology Retailers want to be able to scan your face without your permission

Tried that. It's only the lowest, shittiest cameras these days that don't have an infrared filter on them. Buddy of mine is Ashton Kutcher's next door neighbor and we actually built some prototypes; that low-pass has been commonplace since the original iPhone.





syzo  ·  3441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Awww. It looked really fun to try. But yeah that's probably true about the filters. Neat concept either way.

kleinbl00  ·  3441 days ago  ·  link  ·  

IR illuminators will absolutely blow out IR cameras but IR cameras are generally getting used less and less for daytime capture for the simple reason that they can be blown out by IR illuminators. They sort of work with old-school security cams and don't work worth a shit against paparazzi. Expect that any video stream used for facial recognition is going to be paparazzi-grade, not 250 TV lines of 15 frames per minute.