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

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This is also how we stop our biggest abusers of our service. They leave such a unique fingerprint from all our other customers, we just quietly shadowban them.

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What service, if I may ask, is it that you run?

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I prefer dazzle paint. It looks way more badass.

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It doesn’t need to be as dramatic as this. The goal is simply to obscure key parts of the face that are commonly used for individualization. Between the eyebrows, the bridge of the nose, jawline, eye tilt, etc are all common key data points that facial recognition systems use to differentiate between similar faces. You can also try to avoid facial detection from pinging you in the first place, by obscuring the expected oval head shape. Style your hair asymmetrically, have bangs that droop over one eye, break up the expected round shape, use a color that mismatches your skintone, etc…

Your face paint is definitely an extreme example of the latter. But the important part is that some may actually still be able to detect a face (even if it can’t positively identify them) because they didn’t do anything to obscure the head shape or obscure at least one of their eyes.

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But I want it to be as dramatic as this.

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What’s my ex doing here?

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So to defeat facial recognition all I need is a Flock of Seagulls haircut?

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And that’s how I got kicked out of the local trader joes…

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In what direction are you moving in? I can’t tell!

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China government created a software that circumvent masks and they can profile your face even if you’re using them.

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How is that even possible?

I wonder if they somehow have that technology, or just say they do in order to intimidate people.

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It does not “circumvent” masks. That is impossible. It just uses other facial data. But you’re limiting it’s efficacy.

Humans are extremely good at facial detection but if my mother walks by me wearing a mask, sunglasses and a baseball cap, I would not recognize her.

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Please don’t spread false information… China has been able to successfully identify citizens wearing masks for years…

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My understanding is that typical N95 masks may not prevent facial recognition. Different systems have different performance but many will work successfully with a masked subject. The position of the eyes are one of the key inputs to many facial recognition systems.

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Exactly! This is my point , this is the biggest reason that I want this glasses. But I didn’t found more information if they really work besides their own site.

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Yeah but then you look like a idiot. Not like these cool DOUCHE GLASSES.

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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

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Idk if regular sunglasses will prevent your face from being captured by facial recognition systems.

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I don’t believe the glasses you linked will do so either lol

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And how exactly are these glasses preventing that ? Simple ray optics would suggest otherwise !

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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.

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They most certainly do not, my FaceID worked flawlessly with all of my glasses, invluding sunglasses even when I did not set it up with glasses

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This seems more like an art project than a functional product. Highly doubt it’ll work

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Oh yeah, We’re looking for that idiot in the stupid sunglasses, a tinfoil hat, and a fedora.

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That’s a sick Raving outfit

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