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

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 11 months ago (6 children)

Put a pebble in your shoe.

[–] lidd1ejimmy@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] strawberry@kbin.run 4 points 11 months ago

put it in the other shoe then

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