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Wouldn’t wearing something like this just make you much more of a target? Maybe I don’t understand these things well, but it seems if I were trying to track peo
by hattar 6y ago
Wouldn’t wearing something like this just make you much more of a target? Maybe I don’t understand these things well, but it seems if I were trying to track people I’d make the very small minority wearing something like this a target group.
Another way of thinking about it, if I’m the only person in my community wearing these weird patterns, aren’t I even more identifiable than I would be otherwise?
- dillonmckay 6y agoOnly to humans.
- leib 6y agoIn China police are sent notifciations if undesireable people are seen on camera in their jurisdictioin. I imagine for those people the ability to move around undetected would be very much worth the garish pattern. I also question just whether the average policeman would be able to tell whether clothing was designed to be untrackable
- vkreso 6y agoIt's called Streissand effect! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
- jwilk 6y agoRelevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1105/ https://xkcd.com/1105/