Police and federal agencies have found a controversial new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that can track people using attributes like body size, gender, hair color and style, clothing, and accessories.
Gait tracking isn’t new. But doing this goes against the spirit of the antifacialrecog laws. Unless lawmakers enforce that part of the interpretation, then they’re allowing a very dangerous precedent (which, I’m assuming, they know and intend).
And we all know law enforcement doesn’t like to subvert the spirit of laws.
Nor the actual letter of the law
Yeah they do that, but i dont think it gets them quite as hard.
Cant wait to buy the tor clothing bundle to reduce my fingerprint. Might be a good time to invest in a Burqa.
How is this new? I thought gait (walking style) analysis already covered identifying people without a clear face, and that there were already automated tools for it.
This just seems like a tool to use as an excuse to nab the wrong person because they looked or dressed similar.
Probably more about what they’re turning to rather than it being new. The main issue is that all of these tools are very hit or miss (facial is probably the best, but also really just a “close enough” given most camera angles/quality being used are meh).
But the inaccuracy is a feature, not a bug. It means you can trigger certain standards whenever you want.
Enrollment at the Ministry of Silly Walks has been increasing, and now you know why.
straigh outta “little brother”. also, I can only assume this is unreliable as fuck.
Time to invest in khaki chinos and whatever shirts the Nazis are wearing.
Semi-serious question but totally OT.
I actually like (among others) khaki chinos, and where I live they have no right-wing association that I know of.
Should I avoid them when I come to the US on business from time to time? Is there a chance I will be mistaken for a nazi?
What else should I avoid?
You’ll be fine, it’s like when people get worried about wearing red or blue or other “gang colors”, context matters. The – in your case pants – that you’re wearing needs to be combined with a bunch of other markers to signal yourself as a Nazi
You can decide for yourself:
Yikes, mine are not cargos but… I’ll leave my khakis on this side of the Atlantic.
