• peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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    8 days ago

    They can’t get biometric data from a face though.

    Unless they have 3D scanning cameras baked in, there is no way for the camera to know the real depth of the face features.

    This sounds like they’re just scanning faces against a set of identified easy targets. If they get a match of an easy target they kidnap that person.

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        8 days ago

        Yes. Biometric data is a unique pattern for certain biological features. Fingerprints are an easy one, the retina is another. These are relatively simple 3D projections onto a 2D surface. The distances between pattern landmarks are recorded as the biometric data.

        This is facial recognition at most. Facial recognition is flawed, as it isn’t a 3D projection onto a 2D surface, it is a 3D projection estimated from a 2D image.

        Without the actual distance measurements and ratios, there is no “biometric signature.” It could be done, but like I said, you’d need 3D cameras, and phones are not capable of processing that.

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          I hear you. But this is the government, he’s probably using a government device. Not a samsung or apple off the shelf.