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Gait detection makes these tricks useless.


Counterpoint: it does not

There's just as much evidence for my argument as for yours. I'm really sick of people going 'heh, gait analysis' in place of an argument. It doesn't work under many conditions, and the science behind it is not exactly rock solid.


GPT post?


Said the fly (karma:158, age:75d) to the spider (karma:78244, age:5000d).


Whoa - that's a heck'in LOT of updoots.

I actually kill my accounts after a couple months on every service and start over with a new nym. I don't want the (increasingly automated) cyber stalkers to have an easy time of it. Old cypherpunk trick from the 1990s.


For the young'uns in the audience, is there a good primer on defense against cyberstalkingbots?


You need to kill your accounts after a couple months on every service and start over with a new nym.

Haven't been cyberly stalked by a bot since the 90s



Everybody’s doing persona management these days.


Stick to tragedy


Post like a bot, and people will treat you like one.


Good advice, for you.


Updooted!


Last I tried, trench coats or long skirts were enough to thwart gait ID stuff.


that can be modeled, bet you can tell where the pebble is with a newish model


I believe the protesters in Hong Kong in 2019 found ways to defeat gait detection.


Used the trick from the old CIA handbook, put a small, not too sharp, rock in your shoe.


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but who paid for the bullets?


Theur families are billed.


Angle grinders truly are the gift that keeps on giving


Everyone should adopt the Sandwalk from Dune fame.


We all need cardboard boxes as we learned from Snake.


for impromptu breakin' sessions?



Need secure PRNG for cryptowalk harness.


So... everyone has to carry a lavalamp in a backpack?


Gait detection is very easy to fool, here's an instructional video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeeovY4qNU


It much easier to defeat gait detection than it is facial recognition. A pebble to put inside your shoe is very cheap.


Put a rock in your shoe to get around it




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