Invisible, targeted infrared light can fool facial recognition software into thinking anyone is anyone else
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3K5XG)
A group of Chinese computer scientists from academia and industry have published a paper documenting a tool for fooling facial recognition software by shining hat-brim-mounted infrared LEDs on the user's face, projecting CCTV-visible, human-eye-invisible shapes designed to fool the face recognition software. (more")