How does squinting defeat anonymity masking on television?

Subject: How does squinting defeat anonymity masking on television?

Date: Thu Nov 30 12:44:49 2000
Posted by Kenneth
Grade level: nonaligned School: University of Tulsa
City: Tulsa State/Province: OK Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 975606289.Ph

Message:


I have noticed that the rectangular 
interference patterns placed over people's 
faces to shield their identity on tv can be 
defeated by squinting very narrowly. You can 
see the face well enough to identify the person 
(something the tv people haven't figured out 
yet). What is the optical/physics principle 
underlying this phenomenon?

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