The SAND Lab (Security, Algorithms, Networking and Data) at University of Chicago developed Fawkes. Named after Guy Fawkes of ‘V for Vendetta’, Fawkes is an algorithm and software tool that gives users the ability to have their own images altered just enough to stump facial recognition systems. The changes that Fawkes makes to images are so small … Continue reading Fawkes can alter photos just enough to stump facial recognition systems