Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: "gait recognition" software that uses people's body shapes and how they walk to identify them, even when their faces are hidden from ...

I tried moving my legs and torso in the most contorted way possible. Every time, the software guessed that it was me. Your gait is like a fingerprint, unique and impossible to falsify. I was being ...

Bottom line: Improvements to human recognition technologies are going to make it extremely difficult to move throughout China without being under a constant state of surveillance. Gait recognition ...

The characteristics of your walk may not be as distinctive as the swaggering of John Wayne or the sashay of Joan Collins, but your stride may still be unique enough to identify you at a distance -- ...

In brief: It's no secret that China is a big fan of facial recognition technology, but the system has its limitations, especially if people know to hide their faces. That's where AI startup Watrix ...

BEIJING — Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: “gait recognition” software that uses people’s body shapes and how they walk to identify them, even when their faces are ...