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Adversarial Clothing Designed to Fool Facial Recognition Systems

lowschneierPublished 2026-08-06

<p>There are many companies manufacturing <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/jul/17/adversarial-clothing-are-garments-designed-to-confuse-facial-recognition-systems-about-to-go-mainstream">adversarial clothing</a> designed to confuse facial recognition systems.</p> <p>It&#8217;s a cool idea, but I worry that it&#8217;s mostly security theater:</p> <blockquote><p>&#8220;Our patterns

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