Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable project
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[1] https://platerecognizer.com/alpr-for-vehicles-without-licens...
[2] https://www.dahuasecurity.com/asset/upload/uploads/soft/2021...
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if a liberal reading of existing laws in many US states might over this already.
You can't solve a culture of pervasive government surveillance by inventing new tech, because that tech will just be outlawed or regulated to death (see the UK online safety bill). You have to change the culture that makes governments think they have the right to see everything.
I call bs. New regulation moves slower that the rate at which people can find workarounds
You could setup something like "Circumvention of facial recognition using dedicated technical devices at demonstrations is considered disguising at a demonstration and follows the same laws" in germany.
And sure, this would result in a lot of lawsuits, discussions, escalations through different courts while the regulation is being tested - and it might be struck down entirely - but it would stand for a while and strike down _all_ workarounds.
"Any officer can clock their speed" <-- but you're completely cool with a society where uniformed officers are ubiquitous, randomly enforce the law and could track your movement if they wanted.
At least have the integrity and honesty to admit you just don't want to pay tickets for speeding or parking illegally.
I also think the subjective enforcement of laws by uniformed officers has a terrible record in this country. It strains credulity that anyone would trust a police officer more than a speed camera. I personally think it says something about their actual concerns with oppressive government.
Despite your apparent belief the government is already doing mass surveillance that impacts you, you specifically have a problem with traffic enforcement. Presumably you own a registered vehicle with a serial number and have a drivers license. Forgive me for being skeptical of "concerns about privacy" that specifically entail traffic enforcement but aren't strong enough to forgo vehicle ownership.
I don't think anyone's personal paranoia about traffic enforcement or their personal consumer preference to use a private automobile should take priority over reducing the thousands of deaths and injuries on our roads.
Where can we find these free societies, and how can we get there? Because if you live in the Unites States, you are most definitely being tracked by a dizzying array of private and public organizations.
People pay tax on the fuel, pay tax on the car, pay tax on the parts and servicing, yet you want the state to be able to identify the vehicles?
How many deaths and injuries do the vehicles cause in comparison to other deaths and injuries? Take the NRA and shooter deaths and injuries, or even knife crime, those people dont have to walk around with identification tattoos, and anyone can get a uniform to impersonate people of authority.
The state employees, namely the Police give you all the privacy you can afford, you wont find this online, but I've been reliably told, that the 13/14yr old son of this bloke [1], took one of the family limousines and crashed it in Kent, UK. When the Police attending the RTA realised who he was, the UK Police gave him an hour or two to clear up the mess or face being arrested. Naturally someone this rich can pull strings, so the mess was cleared up and now nothing exists online.
I dont think most people realise how life is crime free for the rich who donate to charitable causes and employ large numbers of people!
So why do we need our privacy stolen especially considering mobile phones can triangulate and locate people under the guise of cell tower traffic management and most cars now have trackers built into them to remote shut them down called telematics, also used to monitor the driving of the insured and car manufacturers[2] are proposing vehicles that can even reposses themselves.
You can learn alot from this [3] if Hollywood isnt trolling the poor whilst virtual signalling for profits!
Now watch how quickly this discussion gets pushed down onto subsequent pages of HN to protect the Rich! Position 11 @ 10:38 UTC 20230228.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Maktoum#Controversy [2] https://www.thedrive.com/news/future-fords-could-repossess-t...
Just admit you don't have a problem with privacy. You have a problem with automated enforcement.
And yes automated enforcement reduces deaths and injuries. That's a well documented and proven fact. Indulging your paranoia and personal consumer preferences is not worth a single injury or death.
No because these are in trusts or LLCs. This makes it difficult to tie a car to a specific driver license in an automated manner.
Many people are too busy checking social media to do the necessary to protect privacy.
That could explain the police pulling me over in my car after work one night back in the 90's in order to find out who was online as this was before mobile phones.
Still, automated systems no longer apply to me, I don't have a driving licence, GP says no.
We could also just stop non consensual surveillance of everyone and everything. I prefer that option.
I'm also joking, but only partially. It could be a fun gimmick. Check all your electronics in at the door, go through the doorway with an EMP zapper, and then enjoy a distraction free camera free evening. You get banned if you get caught sneaking in electronics and you might wreck your expensive phone, so why risk it.
What I'd be really interested in is an anti-surveillance device that utterly dazzles cameras so as to make it impossible to track camera to camera who you are / where you're going. Combine that with the occasional costume change and you've become extremely difficult to track.
The Camera-Shy Hoodie - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34958153
For example: There are, in fact, known risks to near-infrared radiation exposure. Erythema ab igne, for example, is a disorder characterized by a patchy discoloration of the skin and other clinical symptoms. It is caused by prolonged exposure to hearth fires, and it is an occupational hazard of glass blowers and bakers exposed to furnaces and hot ovens (e.g., Tsai and Hamblin 2017). It is not a risk to the general population, however, in that the irradiance is usually many times that of solar near-infrared irradiance.
But seriously: She has 22 IR LEDs. Let's say 50mW each and you have over 1W of illumination in there. If you wore it while outside/at work, it could easily add up to 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. That's really not "nothing", even though the immediate intensity is not comparable to furnace, the overall dosage very well might be...
I have not calculated the power output of those LEDs, I merely pointed out the fact that I don't think healt consequences should be completely overlooked by just saying "meh, it's like red, no worries"...
There's just as much evidence for my argument as for yours. I'm really sick of people going 'heh, gait analysis' in place of an argument. It doesn't work under many conditions, and the science behind it is not exactly rock solid.
I actually kill my accounts after a couple months on every service and start over with a new nym. I don't want the (increasingly automated) cyber stalkers to have an easy time of it. Old cypherpunk trick from the 1990s.
Haven't been cyberly stalked by a bot since the 90s
We sadly live in an age where we must be careful what we put out there.
I hereby detract my criticism.