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Are You You?
This educational game demonstrates face recognition by asking players to make expressions and testing whether the camera model recognizes them.
About Are You You?
Are You You? is an educational web game by artist and privacy designer Tijmen Schep, made as part of the EU-funded Sherpa project. Players use a camera to make expressions and try to fool a face recognition model into no longer recognizing them, aiming to push the match meter below 50%.
According to the site, camera access is required, the face recognition algorithm runs locally in the browser, and no personal data, face pictures, cookies, or third-party tracking are used. Only the final score is stored, described as a viewer count. It is presented in English, and no pricing information is listed.
Key features
- Educational game where players make faces to test face recognition
- Requires camera access and takes a photo after a five-second countdown
- Goal is to make funny faces until the match meter drops below 50%
- Suggests moving head, sticking out tongue, laughing, removing glasses, using hands
- Shows face prints and photos that look least like the player
- Runs face recognition locally; no face picture uploads, cookies, or tracking
Best for: People curious about face recognition and privacy who want a playful, camera-based demonstration.
Good for
- Light-hearted educational approach to showing how difficult it can be to escape face recognition.
- Site states the face recognition algorithm runs locally in the browser and no face pictures are uploaded.
- Site states no cookies or third-party tracking, with only the final score stored.
Watch out for
- Camera access is required to play.
- Presented as an educational game rather than a practical privacy or security tool.
Are You You? at a glance
- Website
- areyouyou.eu
- Category
- Lifestyle & Hobbies › Fun & Interesting Sites
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Are You You? FAQ
Do I need to allow camera access to play?
Yes. The site says access to your camera is necessary.
Is my face data uploaded or collected?
According to the site, the face recognition algorithm runs locally in the browser, no pictures are uploaded, and no personal data is collected. It also states there are no cookies or tracking, and only the final score is stored as a viewer count.
How do you win the game?
Make funny faces until the match meter drops below 50%. Suggested actions include moving your head, sticking out your tongue, laughing, removing glasses, or using your hands to deform your face.
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