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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by vuln on Monday January 27, 2020 @08:29PM (#22165626)
You’re 100% correct banning facial recognition means jack shit. I guess it’s a start though.

Chinese ‘gait recognition’ tech IDs people by how they walk https://apnews.com/bf75dd1c26c947b7826d270a16e2658a

Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by ardy42 on Monday January 27, 2020 @10:56PM (#22166313)
> Chinese ‘gait recognition’ tech IDs people by how they walk https://apnews.com/bf75dd1c26c947b7826d270a16e2658a

An ex-CIA disguise specialist said that you can change your gait by putting a pebble in your shoe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JASUsVY5YJ8

Her comments were targeting human recognition, and I speculate that one of the reasons she was allowed to share her disguise techniques is that maybe they're ineffective against automated facial recognition and therefore obsolete.

Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by bsenftner on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @08:47AM (#22169274)
And bad journalism gets repeated: 'gait recognition' is fraud now, it was something until proved to be unreliable and easily defeated several years ago. nobody peddling gait recognition is taken seriously - it is almost a line in the sand for technical idiots trying to cash in, not actual members of the security industry, just tech opportunists.
Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by simplify on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @09:35PM (#22176685)
Easily defeated if you make the effort. Do you want a world where we have to consciously change our gait to "easily defeat" the recognition AI? If not, then it should be banned too.
Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by bsenftner on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @09:49AM (#22181067)
All one needs is different pairs of shoes worn on different days.
Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by trhway on Monday January 27, 2020 @11:03PM (#22166344)
so, one has to be on a scooter and inside a half transparent balloon. Almost like haut-women of Cetaganda. Naturally it was allowed only for that higher caste.
Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by hanniabu on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @01:13AM (#22166888)
Just wait for the scooter recognition technology...