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Anti-Surveillance Mask Lets You Pass As Someone Else 196

SonicSpike (242293) points out this article about a mask that can foil surveillance cameras and provide fuel for nightmares. "If the world starts looking like a scene from Matrix 3 where everyone has Agent Smith's face, you can thank Leo Selvaggio. His rubber mask aimed at foiling surveillance cameras features his visage, and if he has his way, plenty of people will be sporting the Personal Surveillance Identity Prosthetic in public. It's one of three products made by the Chicago-based artist's URME Surveillance, a venture dedicated to 'protecting the public from surveillance and creating a safe space to explore our digital identities.' 'Our world is becoming increasingly surveilled. For example, Chicago has over 25,000 cameras networked to a single facial recognition hub,' reads the URME (pronounced U R Me) site. 'We don't believe you should be tracked just because you want to walk outside and you shouldn't have to hide either. Instead, use one of our products to present an alternative identity when in public.'"
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Anti-Surveillance Mask Lets You Pass As Someone Else

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  • Reverse it (Score:5, Funny)

    by Opportunist ( 166417 ) on Sunday May 11, 2014 @12:08PM (#46973071)

    Don't wear a mask. Get a mask of your face done. And when the feds show up, well, that wasn't me, just someone wearing my mask. I hate that as much as you do, officer, and if I just could stop it, believe me, I would... but people are bad, ya know?

  • by denzacar ( 181829 ) on Sunday May 11, 2014 @12:29PM (#46973189) Journal

    Don't forget your clown shoes, pants and gloves to hide your gait. [ibtimes.co.uk]

    Also, a wig might be useful. A bright orange or green one.
    You'd be practically invisible in a crowd.

    As long as that crowd is at a clown convention. An Apple store might do in a pinch too.
    Hey... it worked for Captain America and Black Widow.

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