‘Adversarial clothing’: are garments designed to confuse facial recognition systems about to go mainstream?

As facial recognition technology spreads across Britain's public spaces, a new generation of designers is positioning privacy as the next big fashion statement. The Guardian reports that companies have started incorporating 'adversarial patterns' into clothing—carefully arranged shapes, colors, and repeated motifs designed to exploit weaknesses in computer vision systems. The garments aim to protect wearers from surveillance while making a powerful statement about the importance of privacy.

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