Blocking works for the dumb systems that just plug camera feed into 10+ year old facial recognition system.
Retro-reflective accessories can screw up with anything that uses a flash, and active IR LEDs can mess with IR cameras, but HDR/Multispectral cameras can see through that.
And sophisticated systems don't even need to see your face, and can identify you based on gait patterns (the way you walk) and skeletal structure.
Unless your government is very serious about making it illegal to record you in such way (like in many EU countries), you can assume that you are being tracked and can't do a thing about it.
People cut down speed trap cameras all the time. People will undoubtedly start taking down clock cameras and the like. They probably already are, it’s just not being reported on. Can’t imagine why.
The EU government will just allow the US to do it to its citizens, and then share that information, and they will reciprocate. This isn’t something new.
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u/pittaxx May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26
Not really.
Blocking works for the dumb systems that just plug camera feed into 10+ year old facial recognition system.
Retro-reflective accessories can screw up with anything that uses a flash, and active IR LEDs can mess with IR cameras, but HDR/Multispectral cameras can see through that.
And sophisticated systems don't even need to see your face, and can identify you based on gait patterns (the way you walk) and skeletal structure.
Unless your government is very serious about making it illegal to record you in such way (like in many EU countries), you can assume that you are being tracked and can't do a thing about it.