Published in arXiv, under review of a CCF-A conference, 2025
Protego encapsulates a user’s 3D facial signatures into a pose-invariant 2D representation, which is dynamically deformed into a natural-looking 3D mask tailored to the pose and expression of any facial image of the user, and applied prior to online sharing. Motivated by a critical limitation of existing methods, Protego amplifies the sensitivity of FR models so that protected images cannot be matched even among themselves.
Recommended citation: Ziling Wang, Shuya Yang, Jialin Lu, Ka-Ho Chow (2025). "Protego: User-Centric Pose-Invariant Privacy Protection Against Face Recognition-Induced Digital Footprint Exposure." arXiv. 1(3).
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