Stealth Wear: An Anti-Drone Hoodie and Scarf (Update: Glasses)

Michael ‏@_cypherpunks_

These Days You Might Use Stealth Wear: An Anti-Drone Hoodie and Scarf
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/stealth-wear-an-anti-drone-hoodie-and-scarf/267330/ …

No, really, this garment might fool the infrared cameras mounted on drones.

Continuing his run of fascinating art that plays with thwarting the technological tools of the surveillance state, Adam Harvey has released a new collection of "counter surveillance garments and accessories." Called Stealth Wear, the line is a collaboration with fashion designer Johanna Bloomfield.

Launched in London yesterday, a city blanketed by police cameras, the garments nominally are "anti-drone," in that they reduce one's thermal profile, which can be seen in the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The infrared cameras mounted on drones, therefore, can see the heat of bodies, even in the dark.

Harvey sent me over some images that he took using a FLIR SR-series infrared camera. The images in the middle are what the camera normally produces; the images on the right are false color, so you can see the temperature gradient. The garments certainly do change your heat signature, though perhaps not enough to evade detection totally.

(More at the link.)

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Michael ‏@_cypherpunks_

Stealth Wear, the aesthetics of #privacy and the potential for fashion to challenge authoritarian surveillance.
http://ahprojects.com/projects/stealth-wear …


The anti-drone hoodie and anti-drone scarf: garments designed to thwart thermal imaging, a technology used widely by UAVs.

The XX-shirt: a x-ray shielding print in the shape of a heart, that protects your heart from x-ray radiation

And the Off Pocket: an anti-phone accessory that allows you to instantly zero out your phone’s signal

Accompanying each project will be videos and tests revealing the process behind each technology and counter technology.

(More at the link.)

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trutherbot ‏@trutherbot

Researchers create glasses to thwart facial recognition software:
http://dvice.com/archives/2013/01/researchers-cre-5.php …



While most of us probably aren't that worried about the rise of facial recognition in everything from security cameras to Facebook, Isao Echizen and Seiichi Goshi decided to put an end to it. At least, the two men decided to create a pair of glasses that will thwart any facial recognition attempts.

The two men, professors at Tokyo's National Institute of Informatics and Kogakuin University, respectively, have created a pair of glasses that emits near-infrared light, which blocks facial recognition in cameras.

Now, most folks probably aren't going to want to walk around wearing these things. They're simply lab goggles that have small circular lights attached, which are only visible to cameras. And they're powered by a battery in your pocket, which is attached via a wire. Not exactly Ray Bans.

At the moment, the men are working on improving the glasses (and to make them more fashionable). They predict the final product will be around $1 a unit.

(Photo and link to another article at the link.)