noRecognition : AI Adversarial Clothing
A project in Kansas City, MO by Bill Swearingen000days
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Take back your privacy. Wearable patterns that beat AI surveillance, measured against eleven models. Demo'd at Black Hat & DEF CON.
Backers: 1213
Average Pledge Per Backer: $168
Funded: $204,288 of $5,000
Dates: Aug 6th -> Sep 5th (30 days)
Project By: Bill Swearingen
Backers: 1213
Average Pledge Per Backer: $168
Funded: $204,288 of $5,000
Dates: Aug 6th -> Sep 5th (30 days)
Project By: Bill Swearingen
$204,288
current pledge level
Last Updated: September 5 @ 16:03 -0400 GMT
4085%
of goal
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Latest News
Thank you. 
September 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Today the Kickstarter campaign ends.Β I want to tell you what it means to me. As I look back over the past month, every previous update I wrote felt like a launch email. This one is not.Β This is a thank you. A year ago this research was running on... (Read More)
24 hours left. Over 1,100 are in. Founding Testers close with the clock.
September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Tomorrow at 2:53 PM Central, this closes. Three things before it does. 1. You are not a customer, you are a Field Tester. The patterns are hypotheses and the garments are the instrument. If a pattern underperforms on fabric in your conditions, that... (Read More)
ππ Stretch goal is CLEARED. ππ
September 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday afternoon we were at $168,000. This morning we crossed $178,000. Stretch goal cleared, with 3 days still left on the clock. This unlocks the testing platform, as a mobile-first web app, free for every backer. Point your camera (phone or... (Read More)
Custom Buff and Full Kit are sold out, Stretch goal in reach
August 31st - via: kickstarter.com
The Custom Buff and Custom Full Kit are sold out. Custom T-shirts have 62 left, Custom Hoodie 37 left. Moving fast enough I'd stop reading this and go grab one if you want one. If you have not already visited, the subreddit IS ALIVE and very active.... (Read More)
UPGRADE! You are a Field Tester.
August 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all, Bill here. Something important, then two links. What you actually joined When you backed this, you did not pre-order a shirt. You joined the largest open fieldtest of whether a printed pattern can beat AI surveillance in the real world. I... (Read More)
If you couldn't make it to Vegas to see the talk live...
August 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Most of you backed this without ever hearing me explain it out loud. For a while the only way to get the full story was either to be anywhere near me (I am a talker) or to have seen one of the talks I gave at this year's Black Hat and DEF CON. The... (Read More)
Watch it work, then put it to the test
August 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
What you're watching is my testing platform. The most successful patterns get run against a live camera and a live detection model, and only the ones that hold up in the real world move forward. This clip is my testing rig running Flock's person... (Read More)
Thank you.
August 16th - via: kickstarter.com
We crossed $100k today. I set the goal at $5,000 because that is what I thought it would take to get the first patterns onto real fabric. I never expected to be writing this kind of update. When I started this research I knew it was important. The... (Read More)
Update: Where the grind stand
August 15th - via: kickstarter.com
The GPUs have been at 100% for months. Billions of patterns tested against an "impossible" gauntlet of camera models. Here is the plain truth on where we stand. Hoodie: our best piece. Across all the person detectors we test, nearly 5,000 patterns... (Read More)
A loud week
August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
This has been a loud week. PCMag, TechCrunch, Dark Reading, TechSpot and a dozen more picked up the research. We also crossed 1,100% of goal, truly unexpected. I appreciate all of you. I want to be fully transparent about where the patterns actually... (Read More)
One pledge, everything in it.
August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Quick update:You can now stack items in a single pledge. Add-ons for the tee and the hoodie are live on every tier. Extra Tshirt $40. Extra Hoodie $70. $5 under standalone, same as the buff. I also just added a new tier: Full Kit Some of you asked... (Read More)
Funded in under 12 hours. AMAZING
August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Vegas went well. Two talks, Black Hat and DEF CON, both packed. Here is what has not happened yet. Several tech publications interviewed me while I was there, and a few large YouTube channels filmed segments on the project. Those pieces are written... (Read More)
Halfway in Under 12 Hours, and a DEF CON Talk Today
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all. We crossed the halfway mark in just under 12 hours, which puts this project in a strong position to fund. A start like that comes from backers spreading the word, so if you have anywhere to share it, that helps more right now than... (Read More)
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