Thread by @_w0bb1t_

This weekend, demonstrators attempted to tear down some of the city's 50 newly-installed "smart lamp posts" - which have #cameras & #sensors - in a #protest against perceived government #surveillance.

#HKprotests #FacialRecognition #AntiSurveillance

https://twitter.com/_w0bb1t_/status/1165378255458918400

As state #surveillance becomes more advanced - Activists, designers & artists around the world are inventing creative ways to avoid detection. #HKprotests #HongKongProtesters #AntiSurveillance

Hoping to raise awareness about the hyper-militarization of #police and all this technology being using against protesters, #PedroOliveira and #XuediChen created a slick-looking #protest kit.

👉🏻 backslash.cc @BackslashCc #HKprotests #AntiSurveillance

@BackslashCc Advancements in #facialrecognition technology is of particular concern to demonstrators.

In his project #CVDazzle, @adamhrv explores how fashion can be used as #camouflage from face-detection technology, the first step in automated #facerecognition.

👉🏻 cvdazzle.com

@BackslashCc @adamhrv Alternatively, #ZachBlas has invented "#CollectiveMasks" using #biometric data from multiple faces.

Resulting in amorphous #masks that cannot be detected as human faces by biometric #facialrecognition technologies.

👉🏻 zachblas.info/works/facial-w… #HKprotests #AntiSurveillance (2014)

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@BackslashCc @adamhrv The artist @LeoSelvaggio1 has proposed another solution: prosthetic masks of his own face. They would be analyzed as a human face by #surveillance systems, fooling authorities into thinking that one person is in multiple places at the same time.

👉🏻 urmesurveillance.com #URME

@BackslashCc @adamhrv @LeoSelvaggio1 #HongKongProtesters have opted for readily available solutions to avoiding detection, many opt for a medical or gas mask paired with goggles to obscure their identities

Umbrellas & laser pointers are also widely used to block security cameras & distract the police. #Surveillance

@BackslashCc @adamhrv @LeoSelvaggio1 The use of reflective materials to evade #surveillance isn't just being explored in #HongKong

#IRpair & #Phantom - #Privacy Eyewear. Sunglasses designed to block facial recognition & Infrared Radiation. #FacialRecognition

👉🏻 reflectacles.com/#home #AntiSurveillance #HKprotests

@BackslashCc @adamhrv @LeoSelvaggio1 #Surveillance using #facialrecognition software relies on infrastructure; and without a web of cameras capturing images of citizens the technology cannot be implemented.

Such video surveillance is "ramping up." #HKprotests

👉🏻 comparitech.com/vpn-privacy/th… @pabischoff @Comparitech

@BackslashCc @adamhrv @LeoSelvaggio1 @pabischoff @Comparitech Mass #surveillance is increasingly being weaponised to erode our rights, #privacy & #democracy.

But creative & technical literacy gives us the tools to subvert this power & fight back. #HKprotests #HongKongProtesters #AntiFacialRecognition #AntiSurveillance