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Wednesday, February 4. 2009

Keep Your Face Private from CCTV, but Share Your Location

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Closed circuit TV and personal privacy don't mix too well. So, scientists at HP have devised a way to keep your face off the CCTV tapes. Basically, you install an app in your phone that tells the system where you are, and it blurs your face. Ideally, you'd need to pay a fee for such privacy. While technically this works - including in crowds, many think privacy should be opt-in by default, not the other way round.

- New Scientist

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Tracking at 06:00 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0) | Bookmark and Share

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Considering most CCTV cameras are sensitive to IR, you could embed IR LEDs in a pair of glasses or a hat, thus washing out your face without the need to pay for privacy. Also, you're paying for privacy on CCTV, but they're using your cell to track your position? Isn't that just trading one poison for another?
#1 John Reiser (Link) on 2009-02-04 08:27 (Reply)
"You have no privacy. Get over it." --Scott McNealy, circa 2000. Of course, those of us who grew up in Eastern Europe in the 70s and 80s knew that much earlier than Scott.
#1.1 Atanas Entchev (Link) on 2009-02-10 08:51 (Reply)
this is a useful information for those who needs privacy in public from cctv

cctv in chennai
#2 cctv in chennai (Link) on 2009-02-10 04:48 (Reply)

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