Biometric concealment includes any practice that obscures biometric identifiers (unique physical or biological characteristics) that can be used for identification purposes.
See the facial recognition topic and the chapter “Traces” in Prisma.
Techniques addressed by this mitigation
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Forensics | ||
| Facial recognition | You can wear a mask to cover your facial features, and sunglasses or a hat with a low brim to cover your eyes. | |
| Gait recognition | You can conceal your gait by wearing baggy clothing that hides your body shape, using an umbrella or other concealing objects, or drastically changing your walking style by adopting a “funny walk”. | |
| Handwriting analysis | You can conceal your handwriting by writing on digital devices instead of by hand. When writing graffiti, use only capital letters and make the lettering as generic as possible. | |
| Linguistics | You can conceal your voice by hiding its acoustic properties. | |
| Mass surveillance | ||
| Video surveillance | When filmed by surveillance cameras:
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