Fooling Speed Cameras
[From Don't like speed cameras? Use them to punk your enemies ]
Students in Maryland have discovered that by printing a Maryland plate template on a sheet of glossy photo paper (using a license plate character font) they can then trick speed cameras. The students tape the faux plate over their own and purposefully speed in order to be caught by the speed camera, causing the real owner of the license plate to receive a citation in the mail.
Similar tricks have been used with facial recognition cameras. The larger point of this story is to remember that smart camera systems can be fooled. Its important to consider this in the design of the system and the larger organizational scheme the camera is used in. We can’t be mesmerized by these “smart” systems. There are many ways to trick them and we should plan for this possibility.
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