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Camera Unfriendly

Facial recognition software, combined with CCTV and increasing connectivity represents perhaps the greatest threat to personal freedom. The ability for a complete stranger to download your full personal history whilst you queue for a Latte is a technical reality. Facebook recently decided not to offer its  photo-sharing app Moments in  Europe because of regulator concerns over its facial recognition technology. Photography: Grey. Make Up: Hattie Florey, Model: Chloe Wainwright, Published: The Upcoming. But it is available elsewhere and not everybody plays by the rules. So how to protect yourself from unwanted intrusion? Camouflage make-up, designed to fool high definition CCTV cameras and software? It may be before a night out we don't just get 'glammed up' we also camm-up. Photography: Grey. Make Up: Hattie Florey, Model: Lewis Good, Published: The Upcoming. Camera Unfriendly  is part of an ongoing project to explore how camouflage makeup and fashion combine to complete a ...

11 LinkedIn Howlers

It's a fact of life: people make judgments about you based upon appearance. So presenting yourself online is vitally important for business. Yet some executives LinkedIn and Social Media profiles leave a lot to be desired.  We've collected our favourite howlers for your amusement and education. We all know someone whose profile creates a wry smile in the office. Mr Incognito is perhaps the most prolific icon on business social media. Studies by LinkedIn suggest you are 7 times less likely to be noticed if you use the generic silhouette. But who is Mr/Ms or Miss Incognito? Are they just bad at Social Media - don't understand how to put their profile picture up? Are they computer illiterate? Not having a  good headshot  on your profile page could be doing more damage than not being noticed. But what is it doing for your company - and more importantly, yourself? Of course there is always a need to entertain clients but do you really want to advertise when it goes too far? Is t...