NIST found that the best of these algorithms -— which were submitted to the lab before mid-March — failed just 0.3% of the time when tested on these same sets of photos without the digital masks.

Even if these new algorithms succeed, there may still be ways to cloak yourself to facial recognition software. If you’re wearing a mask and sunglasses, for instance, hardly any of your face ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate is developing and testing facial recognition algorithms to help scour through images of child exploitation found on the ...

The algorithms are less likely to recognize someone wearing a mask over their nose, the study found. Wide masks that cover the full face were more likely to trick facial recognition than round masks.

To push back, privacy-focused designers, academics, and activists have designed wearable accessories and clothes meant to thwart facial recognition tech. Demonstrators from Hong Kong to the US ...

If we’ve learned anything from post-apocalyptic movies it’s that computers eventually become self-aware and try to eliminate humans. BYU engineer Dah-Jye Lee isn’t interested in that development, but ...

Surveillance Facial Recognition Comes to a TSA Checkpoint Near You The government is refining its ability to track your movements with little discussion. J.D. Tuccille | 2.15.2023 7:00 AM ...