Monday, September 28, 2020

Belarus Oppositon Groups Are Using Software That Identifies Police Officers Wearing Masks


BNE Intelligence: Belarus IT specialists develop software to identify OMON officers wearing masks

IT specialists based in Los Angeles have developed software that allows them to identify police and OMON riot police officers even if they are wearing a mask. The information, including their names, address and telephone numbers, is then added to growing blacklists published online that are documenting abuses committed by the security forces during demonstrations against Belarus' self-appointed President Alexander Lukashenko.

“IT country rocks! Belarusian IT specialist from Los Angeles uses artificial intelligence to deanonymize the punishers and reveal their real faces hidden under balaclavas,” Franak Viacorka, a local journalist said on Twitter.

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WNU Editor: Many of these officers live very discreet and private lives. To be exposed in this manner must be very unsettling to some of them.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...


Well, they can still hide behind cement, etc., walls...so far. Pretty amazing stuff!
On the other hand, when Lushanko goes, which appears inevitable, there is potential for retribution. Something to think about for the police.