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Do we have a good solution for public survaillence cams and Facial Recognition yet? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by basiclemmon98@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Covid masks can be effective, and it's not as suspicious as asymmetrical makeup or a reflective hoodie. But no, there's no good way to avoid being photographed in public.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I read somewhere they they can identify you typically with about 35% of your face.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, a high-res image giving the position of ears, eyes, and nose is damning.

ears and eyes alone give you a shocking amount of identifyability. We're getting real fucking close to the CSI levels of facial identification.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who knew my sensory issues having ass was relatively safe all along between my noise cancelling over ears, sunglasses and COVID masks

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You'll still have to be careful they're targeting people with sensory issues and neurodivergence next.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not American, but yeah I'm staying vigilant

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I hope to hell we're not infectious, but I worry for everyone, everywhere, eventually. I'm afraid we're just ahead of the curve.

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Mask and sunglasses? Then put random things in your shoe everyday to change your gait?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago

glasses and face masks it is then