International Business Machines Corporation

James M J Silvester

Elizabeth E Bowen

Livia E Stacey

Thomas David Francis Appleyard

A communication is received. The communication is analyzed to determine a form of the communication and a recipient of the communication. An encoded audio signal is transmitted to the recipient. Responsive to transmitting the encoded audio signal, a response encoded audio signal is received. Responsive to receiving the response encoded audio signal, the communication is transmitted to the recipient based on the response encoded audio signal.

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The present disclosure relates to techniques for enforcing privacy rights in digital images. An example method generally includes receiving a image-hash as part of a wireless communications protocol where the image-hash comprises a collection of data representing an individual face. Analyzing a digital image using the image-hash to identify a matching face where the collection of data from the image-hash is used to initialize an identification algorithm. The identification algorithm is configured to return a positive identification when the individual face is present in the digital image, and editing the digital image to obscure the individual face when a positive identification is returned.

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Basingstoke, United Kingdom

James M J Silvester