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Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable project

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Re: Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable project

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Post by didericis »

flangola7 wrote: post #41
didericis wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Speakeasy bars in faraday cages that pulse you with an EMP at the door would be cool too. We could also just stop non consensual surveillance of everyone and everything . I prefer that option.

EMP are easily repelled with faraday cages

Secret speakeasies were easily revealed by speaking about them.

I'm also joking, but only partially. It could be a fun gimmick. Check all your electronics in at the door, go through the doorway with an EMP zapper, and then enjoy a distraction free camera free evening. You get banned if you get caught sneaking in electronics and you might wreck your expensive phone, so why risk it.

Re: Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable project

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Post by anigbrowl »

steponlego wrote: post #45
anigbrowl wrote: post #44

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Counterpoint: it does not There's just as much evidence for my argument as for yours. I'm really sick of people going 'heh, gait analysis ' in place of an argument. It doesn't work under many conditions, and the science behind it is not exactly rock solid.

GPT post?

Stick to tragedy

Re: Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable project

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Post by margalabargala »

hinkley wrote: post #39

I wonder if there’s a shoe insert one could make that would poison gait analysis. Something in your shoe that gives you a different limp every so often. Lift your heal a little or put a lump under the ball of your foot.

This exists, we call it "gravel"

Re: Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable project

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Post by TEP_Kim_Il_Sung »

lolinder wrote: post #27
deet wrote: post #24

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Or sufficient adoption will make governments adopt a quite cheap (and even potentially profitable) solution: make obfuscation through such means illegal and subject to fine. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if a liberal reading of existing laws in many US states might over this already.

Yep. It's similar to people who count on crypto to solve government interference in finance. You can't solve a culture of pervasive government surveillance by inventing new tech, because that tech will just be outlawed or regulated to death (see the UK online safety bill). You have to change the culture that makes governments think they have the right to see everything.

"If regulation can stop the tech, it's the wrong tech." —DYIWEH

Re: Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable project

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Post by TEP_Kim_Il_Sung »

didericis wrote: post #51
flangola7 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

EMP are easily repelled with faraday cages

Secret speakeasies were easily revealed by speaking about them. I'm also joking, but only partially. It could be a fun gimmick. Check all your electronics in at the door, go through the doorway with an EMP zapper, and then enjoy a distraction free camera free evening. You get banned if you get caught sneaking in electronics and you might wreck your expensive phone, so why risk it.

Serenity did this. It was thwarted by a brainwashed child triggered by a Fruity Oaty Bar commercial.

Re: Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable project

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Post by PennRobotics »

hinkley wrote: post #39

I wonder if there’s a shoe insert one could make that would poison gait analysis. Something in your shoe that gives you a different limp every so often. Lift your heal a little or put a lump under the ball of your foot.

There are (medical) shoe attachments for modifying gait: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/856/

Re: Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable project

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Post by TEP_Kim_Il_Sung »

komali2 wrote: post #42

This is really cool, but in countries with utterly pervasive surveillance (e.g. Taiwan), this wouldn't really stop someone with access to all the cameras (i.e., the government) from tracking down who you are. They'd just hop camera to camera (they're literally EVERYWHERE) until you used your train card, or got onto a vehicle you own, or walk into your house. What I'd be really interested in is an anti-surveillance de…

Test it in Great Britain?

Re: Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable project

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Post by imwillofficial »

doesnt_know wrote: post #16
imwillofficial wrote: post #4

This is already obsolete. Stupid, because it gives people a false sense of how this stuff actually works in the real world. Anti-knowledge if you will. We sadly live in an age where we must be careful what we put out there.

It clearly states it's a project from 2016, that's 6 years ago. The IP test video was also uploaded in 2016. People are allowed to keep their own past projects up on their personal websites.

That’s a good detail I didn’t notice.

I hereby detract my criticism.

Re: Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable project

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Post by jwhiles »

TEP_Kim_Il_Sung wrote: post #55
didericis wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Secret speakeasies were easily revealed by speaking about them. I'm also joking, but only partially. It could be a fun gimmick. Check all your electronics in at the door, go through the doorway with an EMP zapper, and then enjoy a distraction free camera free evening. You get banned if you get caught sneaking in electronics and you might wreck your expensive phone, so why risk it.

Serenity did this. It was thwarted by a brainwashed child triggered by a Fruity Oaty Bar commercial.

Can you share a link to this story/ something googleable? Sounds interesting
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