Hong Kong protesters use lasers to blind security cameras
by Cory Doctorow from on (#4MAJ4)
Freelance journalist Alessandra Bocchi posted this video of protesters in Hong Kong using some kind of laser to target security forces' cameras: it's part of the #612strike movement's stunning repertoire of improvised anti-police countermeasures, in a near-civil-war where faces have become a battleground.
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
- Alessandra (@alessabocchi) July 31, 2019
(Thanks, @feralrobots!)