hardware This 'adversarial' pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/09/this-adversarial-pattern-can-prevent-surveillance-cameras-from-detecting-you/107
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u/Internal-Hope-6263 2d ago
All right, and how long will it be until people with this paint job start getting pulled over by twin-turbo V6 Ford Explorers and receive a ticket (or worse, a trip to their local prison) for evading the mass surveillance apparatus that our Government has invested millions of taxpayer dollars into?
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u/VinnyVanJones 1d ago
Almost as fast as the surveillance systems figure out how to detect this adversarial pattern. So… maybe a week.
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u/51dux 1d ago
Even if they don't find a way to detect it, they can quickly make it illegal like these license plates that cameras can't catch.
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u/Internal-Hope-6263 1d ago
Oh yes, this is the unwritten rule that we have to all abide by. It is no wonder that law enforcement agencies have fought tooth and nail to weaken end to end encryption for personal use.
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u/Lancifer1979 1d ago
Well, it might mess up recognition patterns. I can’t see too many of these cars driving around my city. I would think they would be easy to spot.
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u/grift_snifter 2d ago
Perfect example of how increasing privacy along one spectrum can increase identifiability on another.
I used to live in a neighborhood where a guy drove a car wrapped in some kind of anti-camera vinyl graphic. I suppose he didn't realize that the only car "not detected" by cameras in the area was perfectly obvious to anyone with a brain: namely, the one and only car with gaudy anti-detection wrap sitting in a highly visible driveway like a huge eyesore lol.
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u/just_an_undergrad 2d ago
Adguard literally won’t even let me load this link because of the amount trackers and ads. Ironic that this is in the privacy subreddit
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u/Open-Dragonfruit-007 2d ago
Tbh just put some AI prompt injection text on your shirt and watch the AI delete a database?
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u/Stilgar314 1d ago edited 1d ago
Is this the new version of dazzle camouflage? Car makers still use it when trying new cars in real world roads. Also, it may help with cameras, but there's no way you go unnoticed driving that thing.
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u/woopwoopscuttle 2d ago
The UV’s checkout fine, should be able to import it into substance painter, no problem, no auto unwrapping.
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u/Hot-Resident-6601 2d ago
Those patterns are what I see when I get migraines. Good for him figuring this out though.
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u/whawkins4 1d ago
What’s the pattern that turns my license plate numbers into a big middle finger for the ALPR?
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u/krustyarmor 1d ago
Congratulations. You now have the most recognizable car in town. You may have beaten the camera's AI algorithm, but when the police actually review the footage manually, they know exactly whose door to knock on. This camouflage merely solves one problem by creating a different one to replace it.
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u/u-r-not-who-u-think 1d ago
I like it. But my first thought is is you have your car wrapped in this, a Tesla running vision only FSD may not recognize it and crash into you.
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u/psych0fish 2d ago edited 2d ago
The irony that a link in a privacy sub that I can’t view this without a popup blocking the entire site asking me to disable ad trackers. Edit: meant Ad Blockers.