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I wonder if they give a class in juggalo paint at the farm, and other means of bypassing facial recognition programs. The tenure of a field operative these days

I wonder if they give a class in juggalo paint at the farm, and other means of bypassing facial recognition programs. The tenure of a field operative these days must be incredibly short

Liquix 7y ago
Interesting point. One could assume that having full access to both the intricacies of the system and the ability to purge/hide people from it would help domestically, but what about international spies? Juggalo paint to fool facial recognition in Texas is one thing, but may backfire in Shenzhen..
- hos234 7y ago
  They just walk around in Batman getup. Why do you think the international wholesale market for cosplay is located there?
smacktoward 7y ago
They've certainly gone to similar lengths in the past: see https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/meet-the-cias-disguise-artists-who-helped-cold-war-spies-disappear https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/meet-the-cias-disguise-art..., for instance.
eunoia 7y ago
The former Chief of Disguise for the CIA did an AMA relatively recently. Pretty candid and fascinating stuff. For the curious: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/a32j7e/im_jonna_mendez_the_former_chief_of_disguise_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/a32j7e/im_jonna_mende...
- larrywright 7y ago
  Her videos for Wired are pretty fun as well. My family watched them together and found them fascinating. Shortly afterward, I was in DC with my family on vacation, and we went through the international spy museum (which is a lot of fun). When we got to the gift shop, we found out she’d been there not even an hour before signing copies of her book. I was bummed, to say the least.
gorgoiler 7y ago
How resilient is facial recognition to good old fashioned spectacles with optionally attached plastic {nose, eyebrows, moustache}? https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51WNRdX9cxL._SX425_.jpg https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51WNRdX9cxL... There’s 2^3 + 1 disguises / operations right there for ya! 2^4 + 1 if you {,don’t} include a beard hung off your ears.
rm_-rf_slash 7y ago
Facial recognition countermeasures can be considered in some ways obsolete in an era of stance and gait recognition.
- caf 7y ago
  At last the Ministry of Silly Walks shows its value to the wider bureaucracy.
- rasz 7y ago
  Elastic band and a small sharp pebble strategically placed in your shoe take care of that.

I wonder if they give a class in juggalo paint at the farm, and other means of bypassing facial recognition programs. The tenure of a field operative these days must be incredibly short

Liquix 7y ago

Interesting point. One could assume that having full access to both the intricacies of the system and the ability to purge/hide people from it would help domestically, but what about international spies? Juggalo paint to fool facial recognition in Texas is one thing, but may backfire in Shenzhen..

hos234 7y ago
They just walk around in Batman getup. Why do you think the international wholesale market for cosplay is located there?

smacktoward 7y ago

They've certainly gone to similar lengths in the past: see https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/meet-the-cias-disguise-artists-who-helped-cold-war-spies-disappear https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/meet-the-cias-disguise-art..., for instance.

eunoia 7y ago

The former Chief of Disguise for the CIA did an AMA relatively recently. Pretty candid and fascinating stuff. For the curious: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/a32j7e/im_jonna_mendez_the_former_chief_of_disguise_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/a32j7e/im_jonna_mende...

larrywright 7y ago
Her videos for Wired are pretty fun as well. My family watched them together and found them fascinating. Shortly afterward, I was in DC with my family on vacation, and we went through the international spy museum (which is a lot of fun). When we got to the gift shop, we found out she’d been there not even an hour before signing copies of her book. I was bummed, to say the least.

gorgoiler 7y ago

How resilient is facial recognition to good old fashioned spectacles with optionally attached plastic {nose, eyebrows, moustache}? https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51WNRdX9cxL._SX425_.jpg https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51WNRdX9cxL... There’s 2^3 + 1 disguises / operations right there for ya! 2^4 + 1 if you {,don’t} include a beard hung off your ears.

rm_-rf_slash 7y ago

Facial recognition countermeasures can be considered in some ways obsolete in an era of stance and gait recognition.

caf 7y ago
At last the Ministry of Silly Walks shows its value to the wider bureaucracy.
rasz 7y ago
Elastic band and a small sharp pebble strategically placed in your shoe take care of that.