• altasshet@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    Cory Doctorow has a solution: put some pebbles in your shoes, that will change the way you walk right away.

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      8 months ago

      I remember reading a book about this hacker student kid that would do that to sneak out of the school because they had gait recognition cameras. Can’t remember the name of the book though…

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      8 months ago

      I’ve had this vague recollection of that book for over a decade and could never find it despite multiple search attempts and even requests on tip-of-my-tongue esque forums. I just could not remember any useful specific information about it for the life of me.

      To make this discovery from a random thread so organically is incredible.

      Many thanks to you and @[email protected] both.

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        8 months ago

        Oh nice! Happy to have helped! To be honest there’s not much else I can remember from the book either haha.

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          You’re not alone - what I did remember was completely incorrect. I would have sworn that the cover was burgundy with the title in black lettering. Also I had thought the whole time it was called Big Brother - which was quite the wrench in the machine when it came to searching online. Wrong on both counts. Goes to show how fallable memory is.

          My library didn’t have a copy but the author has it available for free on his website in a few different formats. I’m looking forward to reading it - it’s a good deal longer than I’d thought. Thanks again.