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ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
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Interesting how it is the cowards hiding behind their masks scanning peoples' faces.
And the same ones who refused to wear face masks during Covid.
What would it take to scan/image through cloth masks?
You joke but the answer is actually a OnePlus 8 Pro.
Hmm, seems like it's just missing the low IR cutoff filter, so you could mod any dSLR to do the same. I can't tell if it sees through masks well enough for facial recognition though.
Facial recognition probably relies on visible wavelengths, but you could probably train a neural network to plausibly convert an IR image to visible if paired with a visible light image of the unmasked portion. While generated images on their own aren't useful for recognition, I think an IR image would probably give enough information to make the generation useful.
All face recognition is unreliable though, so no one, especially not a government agency, should use it as a single point of proof about the actual identity of the photographed person.
TSA and Customs both scan your face instead of your ID/ passport now for adults. It seems like the government has confidence in it?
They know who you claim to be and are checking whether your face matches that passport photo. They're not just letting anyone in who looks like one of the 330M Americans.
It does not.
Unlikely, without special enhancement. Those materials are not IR-transparent.
@Arcka@midwest.social care to explain what’s inaccurate about this statement?
Firstly, you should say please when you're asking for something.
The claim was made as if they know exactly the materials the thugs' gaiters are made of. Unless they are an insider of that group, it's way too presumptuous.
Common natural or synthetic fabrics aren't as effective at blocking modern facial recognition as anyone might assume.
Here's a couple examples of someone putting in a bit of effort to actually test both common and purpose-built products against facial recognition.
Nothing, it’s not magic. Anyone telling you otherwise is either a lying huckster or a colossal dumbass.
they are would be vulnerable to the same AI face scan as thier VICTIMS, people would have to be bold to pull down thier masks and let cameras record them.