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As the demand for privacy in visual data management grows, safeguarding sensitive information has become a critical challenge. This paper addresses the need for privacy-preserving solutions in large-scale visual data processing by…
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The recent rapid advancements in both sensing and machine learning technologies have given rise to the universal collection and utilization of people's biometrics, such as fingerprints, voices, retina/facial scans, or gait/motion/gestures…
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The modern Mixed Reality devices that make the Metaverse viable require vast information about the physical world and can also violate the privacy of unsuspecting or unwilling bystanders in their vicinity. In this article, we provide an…