Do we have a good solution for public survaillence cams and Facial Recognition yet?
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Do we have a good solution for public survaillence cams and Facial Recognition yet?
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So I had researched it a while ago and don’t recall having found anything effective and non-suspicious to protect from public camera mass survaillence in cities and the like. Is there anything that is a good option for that yet, and if so, could you point me toward it?

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I asked Andi

Recent advances in facial recognition technology have sparked development of various counter-surveillance clothing and accessories. These anti-surveillance methods fall into several key categories:

Physical Alterations and Clothing

  • Patterned clothing with complex designs that confuse facial recognition algorithms[1]
  • Reflective materials that bounce back infrared light used by security cameras[1:1]
  • Special scarves and hoodies designed to break up facial features[1:2]
  • The “Camera Shy Hoodie” with embedded IR LEDs that overexpose security camera footage[2]
  • Cap_Able brand clothing with patterns designed to deceive recognition systems[3]

Technical Solutions

  • Infrared LED glasses that blind facial recognition cameras while remaining invisible to human eyes[1:3]
  • Anti-surveillance devices that emit signals to interfere with camera sensors[1:4]
  • Reflectacles privacy eyewear that blocks IR cameras[4]

Professional Applications

  • Small reflective dot stickers used for motion tracking and high-speed camera detection[5]
  • Camera obscura techniques used by photographers and artists[6]

Law Enforcement Concerns

  • Police forces are expanding use of facial recognition vans and technology[7][8]
  • Civil liberties groups argue the technology shows racial bias and privacy concerns[9]
  • West Yorkshire’s Crime Commissioner states that facial recognition data “will not be stored”[7:1]

Sources:

  1. Luxand - How to Fool and Avoid Facial Recognition in Public Places ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Mac Pierce - The Camera Shy Hoodie ↩︎

  3. Maker Faire Rome - Fabric to deceive facial recognition systems ↩︎

  4. Reflectacles - Ghost Privacy Eyewear & Sunglasses ↩︎

  5. Amazon - Golf Club & Golf Ball Reflective Dot Stickers ↩︎

  6. Wikipedia - Camera obscura ↩︎

  7. BBC - ‘Facial recognition can make mistakes, it’s not a decision-maker’ ↩︎ ↩︎

  8. Facebook - Digital face recognition camera van in Albany Rd ↩︎

  9. Yahoo/Telegraph - Facial recognition cameras at Notting Hill Carnival ‘are racially biased’ ↩︎

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As an unrelated question, why do you use Andi instead of other privacy centric AI such as Duck.ai, Lumo, Brave AI, etc? I’m not familiar with Andi so I’m curious.

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Because Andi is until now the most privacy centric and reliable one of all I’ve tested since almost 3 years, it was the first ever search AI on the market, 5 Years ago, former called Lazyweb.ai, years before. Own LLM not biased by big companies. Developed by a small startup of 2 devs.

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