Final Brief

Jayden Lee

The goal of Anonymity in Protesting is to protect protestors' anonymity and privacy by the disguise of one's face to avoid facial recognition tracking. Anonymity is important because protest and the exercise of 1st amendment rights should not be criminalized. Throughout protests that occurred this summer, arrests were made after the protest ended, rather than during the protest. This is issue concerns race and safety because BIPOC are disproportionally arrested at protests and are the population that faces the most police violence. Anonymity and privacy is a right that everyone should be entitled to during potentially dangerous public assembly. This project is designed for protesters who are be vulnerable if recognized on protest footage. These protestors are usually adults and teenagers, especially BIPOC. The goal of the project is to create a website or app that can scan a face and tell the user if they are recognizable and then show them how they can change their face to remain ambiguous. Since DIY is a large part of the design, the app relies on household materials such as paint, stick on gems, and other materials that can be found in arts and crafts stores.