• PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml
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    8 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…

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      8 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. 🙂

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        7 days ago

        Even just protest shoes being different style then your normal ones probably make a difference. Different bag loadouts could affect it too.

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      8 days ago

      Some of those mean the more people that use anti facial recognition tools, the more effective they will be for everyone. So we should probably just encourage everyone to use it.

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      8 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.

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      8 days ago

      Yeah, you might as well turn off your antivirus and firewall seeing as those can be bypassed by a skilled actor anyways.