From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Mon Dec 06 1999 - 21:13:06 MST
Charlie Stross wrote:
> Here in the UK, we're building the infrastructure of a very efficient
> panopticon surveillance society. 600,000 CCTV cameras went up in
> ...
> they're testing neural network based face recognition systems that will
> alert them if certain suspects are seen in public -- suspects believed...
Looks like this could be easily fooled with something as simple as
those Groucho Marx glasses/nose combination. If one were to be
seen wearing that, people would understand it is a citizens protest
against universal surveillance. Now, if it becomes illegal to wear
Groucho glasses, *then* one should worry.
Perhaps this is a typical aerospace-antimissile-vs-missile mindset,
but looks to me that one could have fun using technological means
to defeat automated face recognition without making obvious one
is using it, such as inflatable jowls. Or a skin coating that changes
color on command. Or automatic eyebrow lifters. Eyebrow lowerers.
Forehead wrinklers. Lip extenders. Nostril flarerers. What else
could we do? spike
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