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Re:Microsoft turned down facial-recognition sales on human r... by snaky on Thursday April 18, 2019 @05:33AM (#19689807)
> China has begun rolling out new surveillance software capable of recognising people simply by the way that they walk.

> The "gait recognition" technology, developed by Chinese artificial intelligence firm Watrix, is capable of identifying individuals from the shape and movement of their silhouette from up to 50 metres away, even if their face is hidden.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-surveill...

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Re:Microsoft turned down facial-recognition sales on human r... by kkarakk on Thursday April 18, 2019 @06:17AM (#19689942)
you can fool gait recognition simply by putting a stone in your shoe,gait recognition is no where as sophisticated as it claims to be.
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Re:Microsoft turned down facial-recognition sales on human r... by Razengan on Thursday April 18, 2019 @08:48AM (#19690581)
and won’t silhouettes be easily affected by different clothing?
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