Hacking Big Brother With Help From Revlon 71
skids writes "All those futuristic full-face eyeliner jobs in dystopian cyberpunk fiction might not be that far off the mark. A New York University student spent his thesis time exploring computer vision technology (OpenCV) for ways in which one could confound first-stage algorithms that initially lock onto faces. Then he mixed in a bit of fashion sense to predict future geek chic. Now, whether you want to go for the coal-miner look just to stay out of the data mine, that's up to you."
Reverse Engineering? (Score:5, Funny)
Harvey's research involves the reverse engineering of OpenCV, which its creators describe as an open-source "library of programming functions for real-time computer vision."
Oh the reg whatever shall we do with you...
God of War and Privacy (Score:5, Funny)
A pirate patch? (Score:5, Funny)
Seems to me an aeasthetic patch covering one eye could work just as well - if not better. Plus it's relativelly less conspicuous (especially for a man)...and you might always need some medical procedure requiring later covering of one eye, right?
PS. Harrrr!
Re:Weird Title (Score:3, Funny)
Now, I didn't RTFA or RTFS, but I did RTFH, and I'm pretty sure this story is about using lipstick to write an SQL injection attack directly across your face. I mean, duh.
Why don't you try to RTFH sometime?
Hollywood Masquerade (Score:4, Funny)
Hey, I am just a guy asking questions. What were we talking about again?
Re:What about thermal imaging? (Score:3, Funny)
It's easy to defeat a thermal imaging camera. Just call in Natalie Portman with her hot grits, and every system is overloaded.