China can apparently now identify citizens based on the way they walk
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Re: China can apparently now identify citizens based on the way they walk
#2This will cause people to start walking on the street in the same way as Fremen in Frank Herbert's Dune, by varying frequency and step length in order not to attract a (government) worm.
Re: China can apparently now identify citizens based on the way they walk
#3Old tech, been around for decades.
Re: China can apparently now identify citizens based on the way they walk
#4In Cory Doctorow's _Little Brother_, some characters would put pebbles in their shoes so gait-recognizers wouldn't recognize them.
Re: China can apparently now identify citizens based on the way they walk
#5...says some company.
Yeah right. The sensitivity/specificity requirements for this to be useful would be insanely difficult or impossible to reach.
Re: China can apparently now identify citizens based on the way they walk
#6This will cause people to start walking on the street in the same way as Fremen in Frank Herbert's Dune, by varying frequency and step length in order not to attract a (government) worm.
I was thinking more Ministry of Silly Walks.
Re: China can apparently now identify citizens based on the way they walk
#7We should all start skipping in public instead of walking, because we're happy.
Re: China can apparently now identify citizens based on the way they walk
#8This isn't new. Gait recognition has been in use for well over a decade.
Re: China can apparently now identify citizens based on the way they walk
#9This will cause people to start walking on the street in the same way as Fremen in Frank Herbert's Dune, by varying frequency and step length in order not to attract a (government) worm.
It cannot be overstated how apathetic the Chinese are about mass surveillance.
Flagged why? Don't like to hear the truth?
Re: China can apparently now identify citizens based on the way they walk
#10In Cory Doctorow's _Little Brother_, some characters would put pebbles in their shoes so gait-recognizers wouldn't recognize them.
That's what real life spies do too
edit : a source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JASUsVY5YJ8