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Change your gait, too. Walk with a cane.

cgriswald 7y ago
You’d need to change your cane and you might just develop a new gait based on the cane. Maybe learn to walk like a Fremen.
- Mirioron 7y ago
  Put a little stone in your shoe every once in a while. It'll change your gait for you at the cost of discomfort whenever you walk.
  - ethagnawl 7y ago
    This tactic is used in _Little Brother_ by Cory Doctorow.
  - Andhurati 7y ago
    I can no longer tell if this is serious advice.
    - deleted 7y ago
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    - dredmorbius 7y ago
      CIA chief of disguise, at 4m35s: https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=JASUsVY5YJ8 https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=JASUsVY5YJ8
- solstice 7y ago
  Make a cane which changes in length every 3-5 minutes via a small internal piston.
etaioinshrdlu 7y ago
Is there any evidence that mass scale gait analysis is done anywhere? Or is this just paranoia about something that could happen, perhaps in the future? There's no telling what type of data analysis might be possible in the future when applied to historical data.
- chrisco255 7y ago
  Yeah I would imagine that gait analysis is not anywhere near 99.9% accurate.
  - DoreenMichele 7y ago
    Faceblind people routinely use things like gait to recognize people. Some people have very distinctive gaits. When I was married to a soldier, I could pick him out of a sea of men in identical uniforms from the back based on his gait.
    - etaioinshrdlu 7y ago
      I'm slightly face-blind (have trouble remembering faces) and it is not substituted with any other cues. Also bad at names. Really sometimes I will just get super confused and surprised. It is occasionally embarrassing.
      - DoreenMichele 7y ago
        I guess I should have explicitly said "some" faceblind people. It wasn't intended to implicitly suggest "all" by not saying that. Edit: Can people not downvote that comment? I'm pretty confident it wasn't intended to be fighty. It was just a faceblind person wanting to talk about a topic they know personally. Goodness. I'm having a shit day. Blame Me instead. Thank you.
    - rbritton 7y ago
      I think it extends to more than just walking. I snowboard as much as I can during the winter, and I can reliably pick out people I know from extreme distances just by how they ride. The posture, size of the person, and other traits all add together to be a fairly unique signature.
i_feel_great 7y ago
You can apply for a grant to develop a new gait at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_of_Silly_Walks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_of_Silly_Walks
distantaidenn 7y ago
Reminds me of the story "Understand" by Ted Chiang. The protagonist gains super intelligence, and subsequently becomes a person of interest for the feds. One of his tactics to hide his identity was to change his gait and overall demeanor.

You’d need to change your cane and you might just develop a new gait based on the cane. Maybe learn to walk like a Fremen.

Mirioron 7y ago
Put a little stone in your shoe every once in a while. It'll change your gait for you at the cost of discomfort whenever you walk.
- ethagnawl 7y ago
  This tactic is used in _Little Brother_ by Cory Doctorow.
- Andhurati 7y ago
  I can no longer tell if this is serious advice.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
  - dredmorbius 7y ago
    CIA chief of disguise, at 4m35s: https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=JASUsVY5YJ8 https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=JASUsVY5YJ8
solstice 7y ago
Make a cane which changes in length every 3-5 minutes via a small internal piston.

etaioinshrdlu 7y ago

Is there any evidence that mass scale gait analysis is done anywhere? Or is this just paranoia about something that could happen, perhaps in the future? There's no telling what type of data analysis might be possible in the future when applied to historical data.

chrisco255 7y ago
Yeah I would imagine that gait analysis is not anywhere near 99.9% accurate.
- DoreenMichele 7y ago
  Faceblind people routinely use things like gait to recognize people. Some people have very distinctive gaits. When I was married to a soldier, I could pick him out of a sea of men in identical uniforms from the back based on his gait.
  - etaioinshrdlu 7y ago
    I'm slightly face-blind (have trouble remembering faces) and it is not substituted with any other cues. Also bad at names. Really sometimes I will just get super confused and surprised. It is occasionally embarrassing.
    - DoreenMichele 7y ago
      I guess I should have explicitly said "some" faceblind people. It wasn't intended to implicitly suggest "all" by not saying that. Edit: Can people not downvote that comment? I'm pretty confident it wasn't intended to be fighty. It was just a faceblind person wanting to talk about a topic they know personally. Goodness. I'm having a shit day. Blame Me instead. Thank you.
  - rbritton 7y ago
    I think it extends to more than just walking. I snowboard as much as I can during the winter, and I can reliably pick out people I know from extreme distances just by how they ride. The posture, size of the person, and other traits all add together to be a fairly unique signature.

i_feel_great 7y ago

You can apply for a grant to develop a new gait at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_of_Silly_Walks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_of_Silly_Walks

distantaidenn 7y ago

Reminds me of the story "Understand" by Ted Chiang. The protagonist gains super intelligence, and subsequently becomes a person of interest for the feds. One of his tactics to hide his identity was to change his gait and overall demeanor.