[Noisebridge-discuss] Camera blinding jewelry?

[Griffin Boyce]

Hi David,

I occasionally make jewelry and played around with this concept last
summer.  The biggest problems I found are that this approach mostly negates
photos from the front (not from behind and less impactful on sideview), the
size needed and overall appearance of the items.  Adam Harvey is taking the
approach of using a purse to handle the size and appearance issues
involved.  One could also use a hoodie with LEDs around the face, if you
waterproof it or make it dry-clean only.

The effect from the side was actually rather interesting -- some of the
photos I took made it appear that a bright light was coming directly from
the breasts. But, the face was fully visible.  Good for hiding an
unfortunate breast augmentation, I suppose ;-P  These will also affect
security cameras, which could lead to one getting booted out of a nightclub,
in theory anyway.

Hope this helps,

Griffin

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On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 9:15 PM, David Molnar <dmolnar at gmail.com> wrote:

> hey,
>
> In Rainbows End, IIRC, there's a reference to people wearing IR LEDs
> to partially blind commonly used cameras. I've noticed one or two
> people building these, like so
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzCYq0rhyZc
> and of course there's the effect you get if you point your cell phone
> at an active TV-B-Gone.
>
> What I haven't seen -- jewelry with IR LEDs integrated. Look stylish
> and make sure random photos of you on Facebook are less likely to
> identify you later.
>
> Does anyone here happen to be working on this or know someone who is?
> Seems like it's obvious enough someone must have tried it by now.
>
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