Law enforcement and other authorities are alarmed by the discovery, fearing that citizens or even worse, non-citizens, may take advantage of the new color to maintain their privacy while going about their daily activities. Since bleen cannot be photographed by cameras or represented digitally, people can foil the latest facial recognition technology by applying bleen-colored makeup or wearing bleen-tinted glasses. Protestors could also use bleen paint to make anti-government signs which can be read with the naked eye but not filmed or photographed, which could make them harder to prosecute.

These and other bleen-themed products are already being sold in niche markets online, and the bleen product industry is expected expand rapidly, reaching annual sales in the ten to twenty million dollar range by the second quarter of 2027. "We already have the infrastructure in place to produce glasses, clothing, window tinting, et cetera," said one online retailer, who wished to remain anonymous. "The only thing limiting us for now is supply of the bleen dye itself, but it shouldn't take long to ramp up production."

Dick Small, CEO of WeCU Security, which surveils and tracks customers for retail businesses, said he is concerned about how quickly their equipment can be upgraded to deal with bleen. "It's an ongoing technological battle between surveillance and privacy. Frankly, right now I don't know how we're going to solve this one."