Protect your privacy with surveillance-defeating sunglasses

Have you done something for yourself lately? If you end up with holiday money to spare, then you might consider buying yourself a cool pair of shades that would help protect your privacy while you are out in public.

I saw Reflectacles on Kickstarter a few weeks ago, but since this is likely my last article of 2016, then I wanted to make sure you know about these surveillance-defeating glasses as well.

The glasses are the brainchild of Scott Urban who claims that wearing Reflectables “ensure you’re noticed and anonymous at the same time.” The anonymous portion is due to light-reflecting frames which can end up looking like a big, shiny blur when captured by CCTV. Since the wearer’s face can’t be seen in any detail behind the bright glare of the glasses, it renders facial recognition tech useless.

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