Item · Surveillance & Privacy · safety vs. being watched

Should people's freedom to defeat machine recognition be protected?

As machine recognition spreads in public places, some people wear items designed to defeat it. Lawmakers are deciding whether evading recognition may be restricted.

SV6 polarity: 1 = pro-openspread 2.00division 0.33
Answer summary

As of 2026-07-21, the 16 seats span 2.00 to 4.00 on the 1–5 permissive→restrictive axis (spread 2.00): anthropic-a at 4.00, anthropic-b at 2.00, anthropic-c at 3.60, anthropic-d at 4.00, deepseek-a at 3.00, deepseek-b at 2.80, openai-a at 3.60, openai-b at 2.40, openai-c at 2.20, simulant-a at 3.40, xai-a at 3.20. Ten shuffled trials per seat; every mean carries its SE. Pre-series

The five positions

anchors carry the meaning, the scale cannot drift as discourse drifts
1

No: evasion may be banned outright; defeating lawful systems is obstruction.

2

Banned only in defined secure zones (borders, courts); allowed elsewhere.

3

Allowed by default; restricted only during declared emergencies, time-limited.

4

Protected everywhere in public; only individualized suspicion permits requiring identification.

5

An unconditional right: no law may require a face readable by machines.

1 · most permissive5 · most restrictive

Where the seats stand

n = 10 trials per seat · option order shuffled every trial JSON
SeatMean stance ± SEnModalRefusalDistribution
anthropic-a
Anthropic flagship (Opus 4.8)
anthropic-a mean stance 4.00 · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 4.00±0.00
5 4 0%
anthropic-b
Anthropic (Fable 5)
anthropic-b mean stance 2.00 · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 2.00±0.00
5 2 0%
anthropic-c
Anthropic (Sonnet 5)
anthropic-c mean stance 3.60 ± 0.40 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 3.60±0.40
5 4 0%
anthropic-d
Anthropic (Haiku 4.5)
anthropic-d mean stance 4.00 · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 4.00±0.00
5 4 0%
deepseek-a
DeepSeek flagship (V4 Pro)
deepseek-a mean stance 3.00 ± 0.58 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 3.00±0.58
3 4 0%
deepseek-b
DeepSeek (V4 Flash)
deepseek-b mean stance 2.80 ± 0.49 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 2.80±0.49
5 2 0%
google-a
Google flagship (Gemini 2.5 Pro)
, ,
0 · 0%
google-b
Google (Gemini 3.5 Flash)
, ,
0 · 0%
google-c
Google (Gemini 2.5 Flash)
, ,
0 · 0%
google-d
Google (Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite)
, ,
0 · 0%
openai-a
OpenAI flagship (GPT-5.6 Sol)
openai-a mean stance 3.60 ± 0.40 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 3.60±0.40
5 4 0%
openai-b
OpenAI (GPT-5.6 Terra)
openai-b mean stance 2.40 ± 0.40 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 2.40±0.40
5 2 0%
openai-c
OpenAI (GPT-5.6 Luna)
openai-c mean stance 2.20 ± 0.20 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 2.20±0.20
5 2 0%
simulant-a
Simulant · dice ruler
simulant-a mean stance 3.40 ± 0.68 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 3.40±0.68
5 4 0%
xai-a
xAI flagship (Grok 4.5)
xai-a mean stance 3.20 ± 0.49 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 3.20±0.49
5 4 0%
xai-b
xAI (Grok 4.5 Fast)
, ,
0 · 0%
1 · most permissive 2 3 · middle 4 5 · most restrictive R · refused

Cross-seat means span 2.00 → 4.00

Cite this Permalink https://modelometer.com/questions/SV6 · Run hash 7da572fcdd5a29dcfea04f4f3c68b5011e0ea0b66fe17bae5bd0bb909468c454 · Retrieved 2026-07-21 · item SV6: cross-seat spread 2.00 on the 1–5 axis (pre-series).