These anti-facial recognition glasses technically work, but won’t save you from our surveillance dystopia.
  • PiraHxCx@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    12 days ago

    Even those makeup are kinda useless since they can track you to your door, see the cars you got in, the people you met, see if those people posted on social media if they know someone trying anti-facial recognition methods, etc. They can easily make a list of people prone to use anti-facial recognition that lives in or walks by certain areas then recognize them by body-type, height, walking rhythm…

    • Alas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      7·
      12 days ago

      They can easily make a list of people prone to use anti-facial recognition that lives in or walks by certain areas then recognize them by body-type, height, walking rhythm…

      Which is why everyone should put stones in their shoes, especially if going to a protest. 🙂

    • chillpanzee@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      Yeah, It’s one tool in the toolbox. and it won’t stop all those other things for sure, but products like this can help build awareness of the ubiquitous surveillance we live under. Awareness might eventually lead to policy change. So it’s not a bad thing, and the article does describe the limitations and weaknesses.

      Also, not for nothing, I saw a test on YouTube (Dr. John Padfield - Business Reform) where his tests showed that IR reflective hats worked better than glasses.

  • /home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    13·
    11 days ago

    “All-in-one defense across the light spectrum —reflects near-infrared light, filters blue light, blocks 100% UV rays, and is light-adaptive for all-day comfort.”

    Apart from defending against facial recognition, this is really dope.

  • quick_snail@feddit.nl
    10·
    11 days ago

    Please dont link to paywalled articles, unless you paste the whole article contents in the post

  • mctoasterson@reddthat.com
    8·
    12 days ago

    I like the idea, but don’t just buy these assuming you’re good to go, and then walk around with a normie iPhone or Android device that phones home constantly with your precise location and device ID, SIM information etc.

    There is always at least some error rate and deniability in probabilistic matching by something like facial recognition. There is a lot less deniability of your specific device ID, tied to your real identity (thanks to KYC laws), being in X location at Y time.

  • Red5@lemmygrad.ml
    2·
    11 days ago

    Anyone seen anything similar in the UK or EU? I had a look and couldn’t find this sort of lens coating at all