FBI uses facial recognition technology, online photos to identify and arrest ICE Portland protester The criminal complaint lists a pink gas mask and a forearm tattoo as distinct clues that led investigators to use third-party software to help make an arrest.
“Technology has transformed the act of being in public,” Crump said. “People who engage in political protests need to understand that it’s very difficult to do that anonymously.”
Since June, 23 people have been arrested on charges connected to ICE protests in Southeast Portland.
More of this western freedom I’ve been hearing so much aboot.
It’s pretty simple.
When your society values freedom and thinks it lacks it, and movies like “Blade Runner”, “Robocop”, “Total Recall” are popular, - then it has freedom.
When your society values freedom (in words) and thinks it definitely has it, and movies like those are considered funny, gross and stupid rebellion against authority, or at least not how it literally just is, while we now know better, - then it gets ass-raped.
A-and if many people were using their brains to evaluate Google and Facebook, we wouldn’t have reached this stage because parallels are very easy to draw and such systems were the main threat of plenty of sci-fi.
A lot of the problems we have now seem to be due to people in Western democracies becoming complacent and taking their rights for granted. Fascism has surged so rapidly in part because people complacently treated it as some kind of aberration that could only happen in the first half of the 20th century, and assumed “we’re better than that now.”
Always wear non-descript long-sleeve black shirts. Loose fitting and easily moved in black pants. Non-descript black face-mask. Non-descript black safety sunglasses. Non-descript black gloves. Make sure tattoos or other identifying marks are covered. Never take off your mask. If you can, the best option is to thrift these options and buy them with cash.
Also, don’t post your face on social media.
That’s the hardest part, I guess.
There’s also gait detection, so maybe wear something like platform shoes or tight pants? I’m not entirely sure how to counter that
Butt plugs
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And face plugs to scramble their butt detection software
Gotta have airtight opsec.
Hypothetically speaking, one can put a pebble or small object in their shoe to force oneself to change their gate
I think I’ve heard putting a rock in your shoe is effective, though obviously not comfortable.
Walk with a limp and be consistent.
Wear a butt plug?
Most don’t change the way you walk if your ass is a veteran.
Ok, remove the buttplug, then.
3D ass chess
That’s easy to say, but it’s also easy to forget to limp if you’re focused on something else. Maybe you have to run from riot cops.
Cory Doctorow says put gravel in your shoes. Yrmv
Just one shoe
Keyser Soze did it, so can you.
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Surely they will prosecute in a legal manner, surely the fascists will follow the law.
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I heard walking with umbrellas will confuse gait detection but idk if true
Surely a white surgical facemask is more generic.
I feel like black is better at hiding detail. Women’s slips are black vs white for example.
Black is traditional but someone will be in surgical blue
Temporary tattoos can help confound identification.
Buy it from Goodwill and throw it away at the dump later
“Technology has transformed the act of being in public,” in fact it instills fears of reprisal by participating in a manifestation, which leads to less people manifesting against problems, which leads to more freedom of those in power to do as they will…
Perhaps Mandalorians were onto something
This is the way. Sadly.
But they go to pains to make their armor and masks unique, so 🤷♂️
Not that much, in the EU they had color meanings and decorations, and in KotOR armor color meant position in hierarchy and merit, but other than that - pretty similar armor sets.
It’s a bit like with usual clothes. Faces are still not visible. Finding a Mandalorian in red armor with a decoration of knotted rope on the left side of their helmet and with a backpack and such and such bag is not as easy as just match a face in the database.
I heard fbi had unedited Epstein files, why are they not working on putting Trump in prison?
Because the call is coming from inside the house
Because Trump put him there?
it’s good to know that the US must be in fantastic shape that the FBI even has the resources to spend on this.
All this is going to do is drive the resistance underground and into guerrilla warfare tactics. When we can’t peaceably voice our displeasure, our outrage, we’ll take to less peaceful eays.
That was probably the smart way to do it, anyway.
Kinda fucked up
Purchase firearms and learn to use them.
If the gestapo show up at your door you have the option to say no
Buy 10 rubber masks that resemble your own face. Wear one, sometimes. Make sure all your friends know that! Sell the other 9 pieces somewhere, anonymously.
Then you can say: their evidence is worthless, because that camera has never seen my real face. You can never know if it was me.
Watch them try to prove anything ;-)
Don’t stake your freedom on contrived technicalities.
Fortunately, it would likely never even make it in front of a judge. If you do manage to waste a judge’s time with this garbage, be prepared for your attorney (and/or you) to have an unpleasant day.
Yes, the Nazis were revered for the comprehensive trials that occured before shipping any Jew off to a concentration camp.
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Nathan for You idea
