RabbitSlayre t1_jaa723m wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:38 PM

Reply to comment by Ronny_Jotten in This Hacker Hoodie Uses Surveillance Camera Parts to Blind Surveillance Cameras | The 'Camera Shy Hoodie' renders its wearer anonymous to night vision surveillance cameras, using infrared LEDs usually found in the cameras themselves. by chrisdh79

Yeah this has been around forever, so confused to see this presented as if it's new

Ronny_Jotten t1_jac9lat wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:00 PM

I guess all it takes is an art student who's leaning into the self-promotion, and some "news" sites like Vice, PopSci, etc., that really want you to click on their links.

I mean, he has some other work that's not bad, and it got me to look at his website, so mission accomplished I guess. But it did leave me with the feeling that it's a bit narcissistic to hype something that's such a well-known, decades-old shtick, without acknowledging that. Maybe it's a useful quality in an artist... but it's not a necessary one.