Les protestataires améliorent leurs techniques contre la reconnaissance faciale à Hong-Kong

La reconnaissance faciale est aujourd’hui un outil standard des gouvernements pour l’identification des individus. Lors des manifestations gigantesques qui ont lieu à Hong-Kong contre le gouvernement pro-Pékin, cette reconnaissance faciale devient alors un outil fort utile pour la police locale.

Mais la résistance “technologique” à l’aide de lasers s’organise auprès des protestataires comme le montre ces articles ci-dessous.

How innovative Hong Kong protesters are using lasers, traffic cones and parkour in battle with police
In her pink top and billowy skirt there is little outward sign that Diana, 24, spends her weekends executing inventive, eye-catching protest tactics on the frontlines of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/hong-kong-protests-lasers-facial-recognition-ai-china-police-a9033046.html

Alessandra Bocchi on Twitter: “Hong Kong protestors are on another level. Here they’re using lasers to avoid facial recognition cameras. A cyber war against Chinese artificial intelligence. pic.twitter.com/t1hIczr5Go / Twitter”
Hong Kong protestors are on another level. Here they’re using lasers to avoid facial recognition cameras. A cyber war against Chinese artificial intelligence. pic.twitter.com/t1hIczr5Go

Hong Kong protesters use lasers to confuse police and damage cameras
Will protests of the future end up looking like lightsaber battles? That seems possible based on recent videos showing protesters in Hong Kong using lasers to confuse and temporarily blind police officers and to interfere with their cameras.

Hong Kong Protestors Are Using Lasers To Avoid Facial Recognition Cameras
If you have been following the world news, you might have heard that there are protests going on in Hong Kong at the moment, where some of the…

In Hong Kong Protests, Faces Become Weapons (Published 2019)
A quest to identify protesters and police officers has people in both groups desperate to protect their anonymity. Some fear a turn toward China-style surveillance.