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The attorney is a treasure (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/luigimangione@lemmy.world
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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This article about tracking people using WiFi caught my eye. And Apple somehow enabled facial recognition while wearing a mask during Covid. I’m sure the various national security agencies already have access to countless similar technologies that we won’t know about for a least a decade.

I just don’t think it’s all that far fetched to believe they just tracked this guy across multiple states. Maybe they did plant the evidence, that’s something cops have been doing for many years.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Apple didn’t enable facial recognition with a mask during COVID.

    At first it didn’t work with a mask, then they changed it so that it went to the passcode screen.

    Next they allowed it to unlock if you had a mask on and Apple Watch.

    Finally they reworked FaceId to allow unlocking with a mask by making it focus more on the parts of the face it could see, although this was less secure and a compromise for convenience.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    You must know something Apple doesn’t.

    “If you're wearing a face mask or potentially other face coverings, Face ID with a mask can analyze the unique characteristics around your eyes. When using Face ID with a mask, you can still use Face ID to authenticate apps, unlock your iPhone, and use Apple Pay.”

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/102452

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    While there are a lot of crazy ways to identify someone, most of those only work in ideal or repeated situations.

    For example Iphones faceid requires special cameras and for you to scan your face with the cameras before it can work.

    Its obvious from the videos and photos of the incident that there isn't quality footage of the events, meaning the quality of any tracking software is greatly degraded (otherwise we could solve all crimes). Since all tracking/identification software works on probabilities, that's not a strong case to make that you've ID the right person.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Maybe the iPhone thing is a bad example, but I do think there are probably spy satellites up there that could count the hairs on your head if they wanted to. I’m not saying these agencies are efficient, or even marginally effective in the most general sense of the word, but I believe they could accomplish mind-bending feats when focused on a singular enemy of the ruling class.

    And anyway, you’re making these assessments of the technology in the context of what’s available to the consumer. The crux of my argument is that we’re always at least one, maybe several, decades behind the military industrial complex.

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