Paco Hope@paco@infosec.exchange
I bought some glasses from Zenni and I got their "EyeQLenz™
with Zenni ID Guard™" (now with 100% more trademarks!) It's meant to interfere with IR cameras and therefore interfere with facial recognition.
I don't know enough to explain a lot about it. What I can confirm is that it definitely interferes with FaceID on my iPhone.
The "EyeQLenz" is one of these lenses that darkens in sunlight. And as far as I can tell that's mandatory if you also want the IR blocking. That technology has come a long way, though. Indoors I find them perfectly clear, not like weak sunglasses. Outdoors they get darker, but never as dark as sunglasses. It's still pretty good.
The IR blocking messes with the iPhone. If I have a COVID mask on and my glasses indoors, it doesn't work. If I don't have a mask on indoors FaceID often works, but takes a while and bit of repositioning a few times.
Outside, after they've had a minute to darken, FaceID doesn't work well at all. I really wanna try them with one of these low-light wildlife cameras that relies on IR illumination. I wonder if my glasses will look bright white (reflecting all the IR) or really black (absorbing it).
So it's anecdotal, but it definitely is doing something. 😀
