Facial-recognition tech can see around hoodies or big shades, so pair them with a face covering. Plus, you'll get protection against coronavirus particles and tear gas. There are makeup tutorials online for edgy face paint intended to trick face-recognizing algorithms, but these designs are unproven. Also, it's probably easier for humans to track you if you look like a member of Insane Clown Posse. Make yourself less memorable to both humans and machines by wearing clothing as dark and pattern-free as your commitment to privacy. Clothing search is a common feature of video surveillance software; it helps analysts track a person across different camera feeds. In other words, don't be the only search result for "chartreuse pants." Also, keep the rad tats and Manic Panicked hair hidden. Loose tweets compromise your peeps. Strip metadata like location tags from your phone pics by sharing screen- shots of images, not the images themselves. Keep any identifying visual information obscured too. The encrypted messaging app Signal (which you should be using anyway) includes a feature that blurs faces in photos, helping you share in solidarity while foiling face-finding algorithms.
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