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A cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameras (www.techspot.com)
submitted 4 days ago by Nobody_Special@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Steve@startrek.website 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Detected smudge with license plate. SWAT team has been dispatched.

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That’s the trick, though. With these patterns, the camera doesn’t even recognize that there’s a car there at all.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Would it read a license plate if you set it in the bushes?

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago

There's an idea. Start putting fake license plates everywhere to poison ALPRs.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

"Let's hear it for the vague blur" -p k dick, A Scanner Darkly