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Re:Identifiable Images of Bystanders Extracted from Corneal ... by bigiain on Thursday November 01, 2018 @10:44PM (#18360317)
Sure. Eyes are reflective.

But resolution is limited.

If you are so sure it's "obvious" you can extract recognisable faces from reflections on photographs containing eyes - show me you can do it using any photo containing a headshot you can find on Google Images or Flickr... Or even any staged photo you have or can take - showing enough resolution from a headshot that you can extract recognisable faces from eye reflections. I have a 12 megapixel camera in my phone - and I'm not convinced I could reliably take a photo of someone's face with enough resolution to pick to recognisable detail in a reflected face in an eyeball...

Re:Identifiable Images of Bystanders Extracted from Corneal ... by romwell on Thursday November 01, 2018 @11:06PM (#18360404)
>I have a 12 megapixel camera in my phone

I am sorry, but megapixels do not a good camera make.

My Fuji X100 (35mm prime) and Nikon D200 (50mm prime), the latter from over a decade ago, both easily produce clear pictures in eye reflections when the light is good.

That said -- have you actually tried?

I just took a selfie with my MotoG5s front camera, and I can see a face from my FB feed reflected in my eye. And that's in crappy office lighting, from a screen with brightness turned down to minimize strain!

>Or even any staged photo you have or can take

To re-iterate: it is ridiculously easy to take such a photo with a real camera with decent lens. Modern cell phone cameras are capable as well if the light is good.

Here's a non-attempt: just a crop from the selfie I took

https://imgur.com/ax9Vz5B

Re:Identifiable Images of Bystanders Extracted from Corneal ... by jesterjester on Thursday November 01, 2018 @10:55PM (#18360353)
Resolution is limited.... to the camera that takes the photo. Yes. You won't get information from something that doesn't have information. Are you going to write a paper that 100 < 1000 ? I wouldn't, but I guess I'm some genius or something.

You can't, because the information isn't there. The same way you can't read a book that is closed, even with a super computer.

Re:Identifiable Images of Bystanders Extracted from Corneal ... by posterboy on Friday November 02, 2018 @03:59PM (#18366223)
Wait a second, if it all relies on the camera, sure you can't read a book with your natural camera - your eyes - alone. But with xray for lead based ink for example, book scanning would be well awesome.