Be invisible. Or, at least, fool Facebook for Halloween.
Source: martinbackes.com
It's no secret that Facebook (and the U.S. government and god-knows-who-else) use facial recognition technology to, among other things, scan uploaded images, spot bad guys in a crowd and help you tag photos from your last rager. Many people might be only dimly aware of this Facebook feature, but it's a default setting: If you don't want the company to use facial recognition technology on you, you can opt out. But how to escape the digital Eye of Sauron everywhere else? Well, there's this lovely mask, just in time for Halloween.
Source: martinbackes.com
These lovely, limited edition pieces are made by a German artist, Martin Backes, who is selling them on his website as well as showing them as an installation. His purpose was to raise awareness about the downsides of social media tools —"the definition of the term “anonymity” will change as surveillance increases more and more."
He describes the construction of the mask as follows:
The material used is elastic fabric for beach fashion and sports gear with a Pixel-style print of the German Secretary of the Interior Hans-Peter Friedrich. The mask has holes for your eyes and mouth, so you can see and breathe comfortably while wearing.
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