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Once this technique gets enough attention, a detector for it will be built. Even if the face cannot be recognized, a profile with such picture may be flagged fo
by lykahb 6y ago
Once this technique gets enough attention, a detector for it will be built. Even if the face cannot be recognized, a profile with such picture may be flagged for more scrutiny. This reminds me of using TOR that hides what you visit, and yet likely puts you into a watchlist for surveillance.
I think that a simpler and more robust strategy to achieve good privacy is avoid posting personal information online and social media altogether.
- kohtatsu 6y ago"Not standing out" isn't very scalable.
- bigiain 6y ago"Hey Bob? Check out this lykahb person. There's something _off_ about them. No Facebook, no Twitter, not even LinkedIn. Probably up to something, we should keep an eye on them. Add them to the list." -- some NSA/GRU/MSS/Mossad contractor
- mindfulhack 6y agoWhat you're saying points out that there are larger problems of government policy and capitalistic abuse that this software cannot solve. However, simply not going on the Internet does not solve the problem people care about. People's desired solution is to use the Internet in a personal way and be safe - not just to be safe.