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I read a (just okay) near-future cyber dystopia novel called "Little Brother" once. It had this interesting segment where gait recognition was being used to tra
by _bxg1 7y ago
I read a (just okay) near-future cyber dystopia novel called "Little Brother" once. It had this interesting segment where gait recognition was being used to track people instead of facial recognition because it was more reliable (I'm not sure whether this is true in reality, but regardless).
Anyway. The main character had an easy way of breaking it: toss some gravel in one of your shoes. It'll disrupt your natural walking pattern in a randomized way without you having to even think about it.
- dlsso 7y agoUntil they isolate the gravel in shoes gait.
- _bxg1 7y agoTheoretically it would shuffle around and be different sizes each time, so it would never be quite the same. And you could alternate shoes to mix things up a little more. Of course if you're the only one with gravel maybe that would stand out. Which is why we need to get everyone on the same gravel-based onion network :P
- m463 7y agoWas it Little Brother by Cory Doctorow? https://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/ https://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/ (he makes most of his books available for free download)
- _bxg1 7y agoI think so!
- underwater 7y agoYes, the setup was that the school implemented gait detection for students.
- jetrink 7y agoThis is a real technique from the espionage world. I heard the CIA's former "Chief of Disguise", Jonna Mendez, mention it in an interview a few years ago.
- squarefoot 7y ago"gait recognition was being used to track people instead of facial recognition because it was more reliable" Very possible today; it can be accomplished by using the accelerometer almost everyone has in his/hers cellphone. No camera needed, and who wouldn't give apps the permissions to access the accelerometer?
- ISO-morphism 7y agoI like to imagine a future where all pedestrians move about like they're from the ministry of silly walks to thwart gait analysis.
- yunruse 7y agoIt would be humorous at least to know Monty Python was ahead of its time in more ways than one.
- bonestamp2 7y agoIt's weird to think that Razor scooters or skateboards might be a privacy tool of the future.
- harimau777 7y agoAlternate dystopia: The AI identifies anyone who has an abnormal gait (e.g. due to a handicap or physical deformity) as likely attempting to evade the system and therefore flags them as a bad credit risk.
- this_is_not_you 7y agoIf I remember correctly they had implemented gait recognition in the school because facial recognition was not allowed, not because it was better.