Privacy and Security — acoustic snooping billion laughs biometrics bioprivacy black hole bot herder captcha chi … New words
affective computing — n. Computer technology that uses biometric sensors to detect physical characteristics that relate to moods and emotions; the computer simulation of moods and emotions. Example Citations: Imagine if a computer could sense if a user was having… … New words
biometrics — n. The identification of an individual based on biological traits, such as fingerprints, iris patterns, and facial features. Example Citation: Magnetic cards and smartcards try to make it impractical to break a bank s systems. Biometrics takes… … New words
eigenface — n. A related set of facial characteristics that a computer uses to recognize a person s face. Example Citation: Since no two people on this planet of more than 4 billion look exactly alike, you might think that there must be millions of ways in… … New words
face blindness — n. Difficulty recognizing faces or telling faces apart. Also: face blindness. face blind adj. Example Citations: New findings from researchers at Harvard and elsewhere suggest that a surprising number of people are face blind, so bad at… … New words
facial technology — n. The technology required to identify and track a person using face recognition techniques. Example Citation: Zelazny of Visionics said face recognition is less intrusive than iris scanning, another biometric identification technology. Aside… … New words
micro-expression — n. A very short facial expression of an intense, concealed emotion. Also: microexpression, micro expression. Example Citations: Ekman s main scientific contribution has been to show how the face is the mind s involuntary messenger. Even when… … New words
passface — n. A picture of a human face that is used instead of a password as part of a security system. Example Citation: Here s how it works: Like with most Web sites, a user will type in his or her username. But instead of entering a password, he or she… … New words
