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A.A.Ron
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Does facial hair have any impact on effectiveness of facial recognition?

I have to renew my passport card soon, in case I want to leave Alaska by air or land.

I can go in there looking untrimmed, scraggly and hoboesque or trim it down to something abnormal for me like a monkey tail. I'd like to stymie the system in any small way I can.

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kidwarp · 8w
Only if your beard can go upwards can cover your whole face…?
GHOST · 8w
Not really. Might throw off human eyes but digital systems are measuring face geometry.
Bill Cypher · 8w
After thinking for 5 minutes. Keep it the same. Changes would expose different parts of your face and allow them to build a more thorough profile of ways you might look. Meanwhile if you have always or never had a beard and need to beat facial recognition you have a shot by making the change. Or ...
Laser · 8w
#DigitalIdentity has multiplex biometrics, so techniques are layered into the same identity which are then remeasured when looking up. The result is similar to what you see in the Minority Report: very difficult, near impossible, to change or escape.
errant · 8w
No it doesn't matter I look like a jihadist in mine.