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ganzuul
Honored Guest
12 years ago

Gait de-profiling/haptics, face anti-recog/avatar makeup

I'm angry with the NSA so I spent about 60 seconds thinking about how to screw their s**t up. Came up with a concept for full-body VR haptics suits and quick-apply latex-like face masks. These would let you look and act like your avatar IRL. The haptic suit has a selection of programs casually stimulate your muscles to improve your fitness and move in an attractive way, while also making your gait conform to the gait of everybody else with a similar suit and program. This prevents profiling from gait.
The concept includes a make-up device like the one from the movie 5th Element, but it applies a face mask that makes you look like your avatar.

This combination is very marketable while also preventing mass-profiling and surveillance. If you hate em', spread the idea. :twisted:

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  • fudspong's avatar
    fudspong
    Explorer
    12 years ago
    AFAIK facial recognition algorr . . algorhy . . um software uses metrics not easily maskable with cosmetics or prosthetics, such as (ironically enough) inter-pupillary distance combined with nostril placement etc.

    The best way to be safe from the NSA is to never do or believe anything they disagree with.

    But I do like your idea of changing your real-world appearance to match your avatar. Personally, I'm one of those guys who likes playing as a female (empowered, not slutty of course).
  • ganzuul's avatar
    ganzuul
    Honored Guest
    12 years ago
    Ah... that does make sense. Tricky.
    "fudspong" wrote:
    The best way to be safe from the NSA is to never do or believe anything they disagree with.

    I'd like cleansing their kind from the planet. They are destructive enough to warrant this.


    Plan B is to poison the well: Get imagery of known persons of interest, reconstruct them in 3D, and insert their biometrics into e.g. videos that you re-upload to youtube. This could be aided by simple tools that let you add these virtual characters like actors into your own productions. - Can't pick up a signal from the noise if everything looks like signal.