Chicago-made glasses can block facial recognition tech | Digital Sovereignty & Cyber Security | Scoop.it

As facial recognition technology gets cheaper, faster and more popular, people are looking for ways to subvert it. Reflectacles, a Chicago-based company, makes glasses that can thwart the technology.

 

The chunky, thick-framed glasses Scott Urban makes in his Humboldt Park workshop look like normal eyeglasses, but when viewed on a security camera, the wearer’s face becomes a shining orb.

 

Reflectacles, as the glasses are called, are among a growing number of devices developed to protect individual privacy as facial recognition technology becomes cheaper, faster and more commonplace.