Found my hat for the surveillance state

found on Izismile

If the Sand People in Star Wars had northern cousins, I'm sure this is what they'd wear, and honestly I can't say I'd blame them. It looks like it will protect you from the cold AND from identification.

Now anyone can come from the land down under

from here and here

I'm sure I've dated myself with that title, but as badly as the person who thought a 4 digit encryption key was strong enough. They were clearly from far, far in the past. 

A Fake Passport That Works, sort of

Watch on YouTube

I imagine you can use your real name on these false identification documents, since the point isn't to mask hide your identity but rather to hide your origin. I just wonder how good a job they do now that there are YouTube videos about them, though.

Everyone wants to be wanted, but not like that

from here

If you're going to try to hide your real identity by giving out a fake one, you might want to invest some time and effort into making sure you use a name that doesn't invite closer scrutiny. 

Outwitting the fuzz

from here and here (image source)

Is this your cat? How can you be sure one way or the other. I don't think I could identify this cat in a line-up. Too much of it's face is covered. 

How not to protect your identity

from here

It's bad enough not wearing a mask (in a pandemic, no less) to an event such as that, but to walk around with your identity printed on a card hanging around your neck? You might as well just have a sticker on your shirt that says "Hi, my name is _________". No doubt while the authorities were struggling to put a name to a face for most of the other perpetrators, in this guy's case all they had to do was read.

It's tricky with politicians

from here and here (source article)

So many of them actually are criminals that it's hard to argue that the technology is wrong, but the key here is that they were misidentified as criminals rather than misclassified as criminals. They are crooks, but not the crooks the tech thinks they are.

The computer says you're guilty so you're free to go

from here

Imagine being that bad at your job and still having a job. I cannot fathom why the Detroit Police Department still uses software that's that bad. I understand returning a weighted list of possible matches, but the closest match should be the right person most of the time, not merely 4% of the time.