Prompts = Facial, Anomaly, Subterfuge
Story 1 — Stakeout
A gang of thieves had perfected a method to steal expensive bikes with high-security locks in seconds.
Frank Cappuccino, Bicycle Patrol 51, decided to employ subterfuge: he put a plainclothes bicycle, wired with cameras and GPS, chained to a streetlight, while he hid in nearby bushes.
He didn’t have to wait long. Within minutes, the bike was in a white panel van. While the facial recognition software was unable to recognize anyone or anything (a smudge on the camera lens caused visual anomalies), the GPS guided police to the thieves’ headquarters.
Frank surreptitiously followed the truck for fifteen kilometres.
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Story 2 — Have A Nice Day
Photo by Bernard Hermant on Unsplash
Dr. Hedley strode down the last hallway before the final security check. He often wondered if it was all needed. Fingerprint, retina, badge, and facial recognition scans, and — the secret password check. How much subterfuge could a spy manage to get to this point, let alone beyond it?
The computer-generated female voice asked her question, ‘Password, Dr. Smithston’.
‘You mean Dr. Hedley.’
Red lights flashed and klaxons sounded. ‘Anomaly detected. Security alerted.’
So much for getting anything done today, he thought.
After a minute, the clamour stopped and the computer said, ‘April Fools, Dr. Hedley. Have a nice day.’
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