It Likes the Way You Walk
www.city-journal.org
New technology developed by a Beijing start-up can recognize individuals by the way they walk and is more unique to an individual than facial recognition.

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?

  • knightly [none/use any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 months ago

    This.

    If you only need to disrupt gait recognition for a short period of time, then something as low-tech as some pebbles in your shoe would suffice. But there aren’t any solutions that can fool it long-term.