April 13, 2010: Hiding Faces

[lumberjim]

If I was going to get a tattoo, I think it would be a facial tattoo.

.....which is to say, I won't be getting a tattoo.

[Sheldonrs]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

If I was going to get a tattoo, I think it would be a facial tattoo.

.....which is to say, I won't be getting a tattoo.

How about a facial that's not permanent?

[glatt]

If you smear some grease paint on your face, cops are going deem you suspicious, and ask to see identification.

Also this is a technology race and would only work for a little while. If it catches on and becomes a problem, then big brother will just use laser scanning or radar or sonar or something like that to take a picture of the shape of your head.

[newtimer]

Originally Posted by glatt

If you smear some grease paint on your face, cops are going deem you suspicious, and ask to see identification.

Digital cameras can 'see' infrared light but the Gestapo agents do not. (If you look at your TV's remote controller through your camcorder, you'll see the infrared LED light up each time you push a button.)
Solution: smear random patterns on your face with an infrared paint. The recognition software won't be able to lock on to you and the cops will only see some vaseline-like smudges if they get close.
Problem: Who sells infrared paint?

[glatt]

Excellent point.

[Nirvana]

Why are "we' hiding from cops?

[Coign]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

Why are "we' hiding from cops?

Why aren't we?

It is my own damn business if I would like to walk down a street in front of a bank without having Big Brother watching my every move.

I don't want, need, or should have a babysitter looking over my shoulder every time I want to leave the house.

[squirell nutkin]

Originally Posted by newtimer

Digital cameras can 'see' infrared light but the Gestapo agents do not. (If you look at your TV's remote controller through your camcorder, you'll see the infrared LED light up each time you push a button.)
Solution: smear random patterns on your face with an infrared paint. The recognition software won't be able to lock on to you and the cops will only see some vaseline-like smudges if they get close.
Problem: Who sells infrared paint?

I don't think there is an "infra red" paint as such. There may be some pigments that absorb IR light and others that reflect it, but I doubt they are transparent. The infra red light you see from your remote is light that has had all the visible portion of the spectrum either filtered out or is from a diode that doesn't generate light in the visible range of the spectrum.

This is an interesting idea though. When I worked in a large commercial darkroom we had night vision goggles (essentially an IR camera) and everyone looked the same. Black or white we all glowed.