Wearing a mask doesn't just limit the spread of COVID-19 — it may also makes it harder for facial recognition algorithms to identify you, according to a new study.

Facial recognition systems are already better than humans at comparing two images to determine if they are the same person, but only when variables like lighting, pose and expression are controlled.

Results published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Interagency Report 8009, Performance of Face Identification Algorithms, show a 10 percent to 30 percent improvement from 2010 to ...

In an effort to protect people’s privacy, University of Toronto researchers have designed an algorithm that can dupe facial recognition detectors. Supplied by Joey Bose / University of Toronto; ...

Twitter had previously used face detection for its algorithm, but it would often miss faces and mistakenly detect faces when there were none there. “Thanks to everyone who raised this.

Another approach to face recognition is to normalize and compress 2-D facial images, and to compare these with a database of similarly normalized and compressed images. This class of algorithms is ...

But there's an unintended consequence that comes from wearing face masks in the wake of COVID-19 (coronavirus): Your mask basically breaks facial recognition algorithms. 📲 Unlimited Pop Mech.

In 2020, it’s worth assuming that every status update and selfie you upload online can eventually make its way into the hands of an obscure data-mining ...