lemmy.net.au
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • Create Community
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 day ago

Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

www.sciencedaily.com

external-link
message-square
28
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • technology@lemmy.world
  • technology@lemmit.online
  • chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
105
external-link

Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

www.sciencedaily.com

favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 day ago
message-square
28
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • technology@lemmy.world
  • technology@lemmit.online
  • chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
Scientists in Germany have demonstrated a startling new form of surveillance: identifying people using nothing more than ordinary WiFi signals. By analyzing how radio waves bounce around a room, researchers can effectively “see” and recognize individuals — even if they are not carrying a device and even if their phone is turned off.
  • Ricky Rigatoni@piefed.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    23
    ·
    22 hours ago

    Meanwhile my wife doesn’t recognize me when I come home from work =/

    • Damage@feddit.it
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      25
      ·
      22 hours ago

      Have you tried updating her radio’s firmware?

      • Ricky Rigatoni@piefed.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        9
        ·
        21 hours ago

        I’m the one with the firmware, she has the wetware.

      • we are all@crazypeople.online
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        20 hours ago

        tunin’ in to Tokyo, yo.

    • Ioughttamow@fedia.io
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      20 hours ago

      By chance, are you a Child Psychologist?

Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Welcome! This is a community for all those who are interested in protecting their privacy.

Rules

PS: Don’t be a smartass and try to game the system, we’ll know if you’re breaking the rules when we see it!

  1. Be civil and no prejudice
  2. Don’t promote big-tech software
  3. No apathy and defeatism for privacy (i.e. “They already have my data, why bother?”)
  4. No reposting of news that was already posted
  5. No crypto, blockchain, NFTs
  6. No Xitter links (if absolutely necessary, use xcancel)

Related communities:

Some of these are only vaguely related, but great communities.

  • !opensource@programming.dev
  • !selfhosting@slrpnk.net / !selfhosted@lemmy.world
  • !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
  • !drm@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 205 users / day
  • 949 users / week
  • 2.3K users / month
  • 2.3K users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 5.69K subscribers
  • 193 Posts
  • 564 Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • Otter@lemmy.ca
  • shaytan@lemmy.dbzer0.com
  • BE: 0.19.9
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org