Examples of CV dazzle makeup from Adam Harvey’s “Look Book.” (More here.)
Anti-Surveillance Camouflage for Your Face -- Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic
In a world of increasingly sophisticated facial-recognition technology, a drastic technique can throw the machines off your trail.
The NSA made me slather my face in make-up.
Or, it didn’t make me, exactly. But last spring, I found myself wandering around D.C., wearing dazzle camouflage for the first time. It was a sunny Saturday, the capital swamp neither frigid nor muggy-oppressive—perfect for walking. It took me 45 minutes to get all the makeup on, to get the pencil right and the hair dangled just so.
I spent the day hanging out with some friends around Adams Morgan, a neighborhood seemingly developed by former hippies who had gone into non-profit C-suites or opened boutique restaurant-bars. I told my friends why my face had splotches of dark makeup on it but didn’t say much to anyone else, and that’s when the looks began.
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My Comment: I do not know if it will catch on as a trend .... but it is definitely an attention grabber.
3 comments:
I'm thinking that makeup
that says, "Look here"
may be counter-productive
for not being seen.
ofs
A large number of people could take up these styles, so it may not be counterproductive.
It all relies on trust. If you don't trust your government you use bitcoin, are survivalist, have these hair styles.
If it is Morning in America and there isn't one crony deal after another, people have more trust.
You can have some corruption and it is considered a bit if morality tale and a bit Kardassian entertainment. You get too much and people worry. They hoard.
If a person turns their head just a little bit and spend a little more time in view, those locks won't make a difference to a computer.
If computer ID spoofing is to be successful it'll have to be something you can put on, take off, and ditch quickly.
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