I would be lying if I said that these features are not convenient. In an ideal world, your biometric data would serve only your needs - providing additional security (essentially through 2FA) and freeing you from carrying your ID, bank cards, or similar items in some circumstances.
However, we don’t live in a utopia.
It’s much simpler for governments to offer their citizens attractive quality of life features and discounts in exchange for voluntarily surrendering their biometrics than it is to enforce it physically. Through such small gifts or conveniences, they can provide all the data needed for tracking themselves. Over time, this process can become so normalized that people end up accepting it as the norm.
Can you provide an example?
From what I’ve seen, “privacy-protecting” fashion items often have the flaw of being either quite flashy or outright weird-looking. Even if they are effective against cameras or even AI surveillance, such items may prompt manual checks.
Reflectacles, I think, is a good example. These glasses work well against IR cameras, but they would stick out as a “bright flash” at night, while not protecting you from normal cameras. On top of that, you’ll have to constantly look through green lenses while wearing them.
Don’t take it as me criticizing your efforts. It’s just that in some places, even a somewhat normal shades+mask combo can give you weird looks. It feels like it’s very hard (if not downright impossible) to combat that kind of surveillance.