Some of you protesting are far too into publicly posting identifiable pics and videos of folks in protest crowds without good reason.
If you brought a camera to the protest point it at the authorities, not your compatriots. Document and publicize incidents of abuse, but don't facilitate your fellow protestors being identified and punished for showing up. Assume every face you post will be recognized and catalogued. They're not there to be your photo op.
@midgephoto It's not about keeping anyone unseen. Protests are in many ways about being seen, there in the moment alongside their communities.
My post is about not being the person who posts the big face photo that gets used to bring unfair consequences upon someone exercising their human rights. Innocent protestors routinely risk unjust prosecution, firing, etc. attending stuff like this, don't be part of that. Better to watch the watchers than to do them massive favors with your photo ops.
@Klaxun
That's not what Baron said.
They identified and caught the J6 people through photos they posted on social media.
Don't think for a second that the government or its agents might not use the photos posted to social media to identify and target people.
THAT'S what Baron was talking about.
@tomw "They're going to identify me anyway, so why not help the cops?"
@tomw @Rob_T_Firefly I think protesters from Russia and Belarus will disagree with you. Cops here heavily using the photos from _peaceful_ protests (even from social networks) and face recognition to find and attack protesters _after_ the event. They ever send "covert agents" with cameras right to the crowd to make a photos of peoples' faces.
Latest events in the US reminds me a lot these events that happened here a lot of time ago. So, "better safe than sorry"🤷♂️
@tomw @Rob_T_Firefly If history copies itself then next stage – government funded gangs and martial arts sportsmens who will attack the protesters before, right in and after the event.
And a lot of swatting at night to terror the people and fine the caught folks with ridiculous charges and a big prison terms. And a laws which make protest illegal if it wasn't allowed by the authorities. Protests without allowance may happen only in "special places" like Death Valley where no one will see it
@Rob_T_Firefly
If you like playing with photos, sit around near the future likely sites of demonstrations*, and take some photos of bits of the scene, looking for pieces without people.
Then see if you can photograph, there or elsewhere, people you disapprove of.
Then put gaps where you don't want a demonstrator identified, and add people who would hate to be there.
For fun.
* We call that because sometimes protest doesn't entirely describe it, or because we are English, or something.
@naodell @Rob_T_Firefly No, here in Russia, ppl had same thoughts a long time ago. You know how it ended...
@[email protected] @[email protected] I think protesters from Russia and Belarus will disagree with you. Cops here heavily using the photos from _peaceful_ protests (even from social networks) and face recognition to find and attack protesters _after_ the event. They ever send "covert agents" with cameras right to the crowd to make a photos of peoples' faces. Latest events in the US reminds me a lot these events that happened here a lot of time ago. So, "better safe than sorry"🤷♂️
@Rob_T_Firefly I agree with the spirit of this, and it makes sense strategically.
(I've even tried to automate the process after the last protest I went to, with mixed results: https://fortyseven.github.io/blurryface/).
In fact, you reminded me of that with this before I left this morning; I actually picked up a 360 cam that I was going to bring to document the event, but I ended up leaving it home and just took some select pics.
But there's just SO many ordinary people there taking photos and video... Even at the one we had here in Middletown, CT, it was just wall to wall cameras and video. I don't think it's very effective to abstain from it . It's just inevitable.
But yeah, I know, we can at least try not to contribute.
As another poster recommends as well, red white & blue US flag face paint is not a bad idea at all. Same for clothing.
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