Glasses That Confuse Facial Recognition Systems Are Coming to Japan

Image: National Institute of Informatics We might soon be living in a world where advertisers exploit facial recognition technology to target us with customized ads in streets. Or, according to the researchers at Japan's National Institute of Informatics (NII), where our photographs are snapped by surveillance or smartphone cameras equipped with facial recognition, and leaked onto public social networks for all to see. But a new "privacy visor" created by NII researchers could help wearers prote...