Alex Gallafent

Alex Gallafent

Alex Gallafent is the New York-based correspondent for The World. His reporting has taken him to Swaziland, Turkey, Chile, and India, among other places.

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NYC Designers Create ‘Drone-Proof’ Clothing

February 5, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment
Stealth burqa (Photo: Adam Harvey / ahprojects.com )

Stealth burqa (Photo: Adam Harvey / ahprojects.com )

New York-based designers Adam Harvey and Johanna Bloomfield have created a range of clothing to counter surveillance by thermal imaging.

They hope that their pieces of silver-lined outerwear, including a hoodie and a burqa, will draw attention to a growing culture of surveillance at home and abroad.

The World’s Alex Gallafent checked it out.

Discussion

3 comments for “NYC Designers Create ‘Drone-Proof’ Clothing”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ali-Ahmed/100000351480202 Ali Ahmed

    dude if you were in kabul you would have sold these like hot cakes..,

    • http://www.facebook.com/ranjan.kapali.3 Ranjan Kapali

      I think they just intend to do that.

  • James Reynolds

    This looks like an effective new way for someone to conduct counter surveillance and protect their right to privacy. There are a few other methods that one can apply in order to ensure their privacy, and these include: a wiretap or bug detector, a white noise generator, and your own surveillance camera system. I think a citizen’s right to privacy is one that should not be taken away for any reason.

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