Wifi Sensing Sees Through Walls (takebackourtech.org)
from Pssk@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 12 Jul 18:33
https://lemmy.ml/post/33062022

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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world on 12 Jul 19:41 next collapse

Sounds cool, but I sure as fuck don’t want my ISP to be marshalling this data.

Impromptu2599@lemmy.world on 13 Jul 01:30 collapse

Then didn’t use their router or access points

stink@lemmygrad.ml on 12 Jul 20:13 next collapse

Not only is this a threat to your privacy but can impact your helath, as over-exposure to EMF has been linked to anxiety, fatigue, cancer, and many other bio-markers of poor health.

Oh brother this guy stinks!

The tech itself is interesting though. Triangulation of users indoors and outdoors is already possible

Times Square even uses it by offering free Wi-Fi. If a bunch of 50 year old white men connect to the wifi and are in the same spot, they’ll put up a fishing ad or some other shi.

Chulk@lemmy.ml on 12 Jul 20:58 collapse

I’ve always wondered if this sort of tech could scale to 5g towers for mass surveillance purposes

howlingecko@sh.itjust.works on 12 Jul 21:32 collapse

Kind of like Verizon was hyping, for firefighters and first responders, on their 5G commercials in 2018?