Bijections which preserve blocking sets (Q1089338)

We consider the following question: Given a family \({\mathcal A}\) of sets for which \({\mathcal A}\)-blocking sets exist, is it true that any bijection of the set of points which preserves the family of \({\mathcal A}\)-blocking sets must preserve \({\mathcal A}?\) Using a variety of techniques, we show that the answer is 'yes' in many cases, for example, when \({\mathcal A}\) is the family of subspaces of fixed dimension in a projective space, lines in an affine plane, or blocks of a symmetric design, but that it is 'no' for lines of an arbitrary linear space.