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Gait Recognition Technology (www.city-journal.org)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by lidd1ejimmy@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Gait biometric systems capture step patterns using video images and then convert the collated data into a mathematical equation. Gait as a biometric measure can be influenced by several factors, including footwear, terrain, fatigue, and injury.

...Love this sub, I don't have hardcore needs in terms of privacy, but wanted to know for people that enjoy a covid mask, their opinion on Gait Rec. Technologies, and does any one have any intel in throwing these systems off, whether or not that is impossible?

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[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Put a pebble in your shoe.

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

This and the initial article are central plot points in Cory Doctorow's Little Brother.

It's a YA novel about a guy who helps organize resistance against the government by hacking Xboxes. There are at least 2 sex scenes. The ending is deeply unsatisfying, perhaps because the author wanted to convey that he alone cannot possibly succeed

[–] lidd1ejimmy@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

haha, that would be painful to walk around with all the time

[–] threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well, if you did it all the time they would consistently identify you.

[–] strawberry@kbin.run 4 points 3 months ago

put it in the other shoe then

[–] lidd1ejimmy@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

true, of course it depends on various factors right, because if your in the system, they need a way to link your identity to your gait, and for most people it would be impossible to avoid unless you've been running level 10 Opsec for the past 20 years you might be in the clear

[–] threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

You’re right, it would be very annoying to change up your gait all the time unless you’re a potential target. Like you, I try to avoid being tracked and surveillances as much as possible just by principle. But for something like this it would be very impractical.