Silicone masks developed by Hollywood can pass as real faces, researchers find

Sophisticated masks first used in Hollywood films and which now cost as little as £500 are convincing enough to pass as real faces, researchers have found.

Silicone masks developed by Hollywood can pass as real faces, researchers find

Sophisticated masks first used in Hollywood films and which now cost as little as £500 are convincing enough to pass as real faces, researchers have found.

The silicone masks have been used in bank robberies and by people taking international flights in disguise, with suspects switching gender, ethnicity and looking decades younger or older within just a few seconds.

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