Mac Pierce: Facial Recognition Obfuscation

Episode 61 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Mac Pierce: Facial Recognition Obfuscation

Gabriel Custodiet interviews Mac Pierce, an artist who creates anti-facial recognition tools. They discuss the prevalence of facial recognition, previous attempts at obfuscating it, and some of the legal and practical questions surrounding its avoidance.

Guest Links
→ https://www.macpierce.com/
→ https://www.macpierce.com/the-optout-cap
→ https://www.macpierce.com/the-camera-shy-hoodie
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hh5j6SBIbo (Opt Out Cap discussion)
→ https://twitter.com/TRANS_RES

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Timeline

0:00 – Introduction
1:38 – Overview of Mac Pierce’s work - Ai WeiWei
5:00 – How prevalent is facial recognition?
8:00 – How do people unknowingly participate in facial recognition?
10:32 – Do face masks protect us against facial recognition?
11:59 – How concerned are you about gait analysis, tattoo analysis, etc.?
14:30 – How effective are other “adversarial fashion” such as Reflectacles and Leonardo Selvaggio masks
17:27 – Is it illegal to wear masks in public? - and post-COVID
19:20 – Opt Out Cap: how does it work?
21:40 – Why is it important to have a “real” face?
22:39 – How to test if anti-facial recognition equipment is working
24:04 – Camera Shy Hoodie
26:12 – Resources to learn about facial recognition
27:55 – The future of tracking people
29:44 – How to defy gait analysis
29:56 – 3D printed guns, Cody Wilson, ghost gunner
31:56 – How will the 3D printed gun era play out?
33:21 – The first digital death
35:40 – Final thoughts

#facial recognition