Italian clothing brand “Cap_able was born in 2019 from a discussion on contemporary society, technology, and human rights.”

They’ve designed a range to combat #FacialRecognition algorithms.

“The Manifesto Collection's intent is not to create an invisibility cloak but to raise awareness and protect the individual's rights wherever possible.”

#Cap_able #Surveillance

https://www.capable.design

Design For Awareness | Cap_able Design

Cap_able wants to have an impact on society, creating awareness on contemporary issues through highly innovative design products from a technological and ethical point of view.

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Die SBB planen den totalen Überwachungsbahnhof – ab September 2023

Egal, ob beim täglichen Pendeln oder beim fröhlichen Tagesausflug in die Berge – die SBB werden ihre Passagiere bald auf Schritt und Tritt überwachen.

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"The algorithm that shields facial recognition is integrated into the texture designed to be worn without losing effectiveness, blending perfectly with the volumes of the body" https://www.capable.design/home-1
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“Rachele Didero, the founder of Italian fashion tech startup #Cap_able wanted her clothing and designs to “have a function” beyond fashion. And the resulting Manifesto Collection is a line of sweaters, hoodies, T-shirt…
https://twitter.com/legale/status/1625784540387065858
Manifesto Collection // CAP_able

As a result of a collaboration between technology, textile, and fashion Cap_able offers a high-tech product that opens the debate on issues of our present that will shape our future.

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“Rachele Didero, the founder of Italian fashion tech startup #Cap_able wanted her clothing and designs to “have a function” beyond fashion. And the resulting Manifesto Collection is a line of sweaters, hoodies, T-shirts and pants that are all part of an experiment in adversarial artificial intelligence. She is trying to create a blind spot in those all-seeing facial recognition systems that have become a fixture for surveilling public spaces worldwide.”
#AI #surveillance
https://therecord.media/facial-recognitions-latest-foe-italian-knitwear/
Facial recognition’s latest foe: Italian knitwear

The Italian clothing brand Cap_able makes knitwear with designs that trick facial recognition software into misidentifying humans as animals.

The Record from Recorded Future News