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floofloof@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days ago

Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy

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Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy

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floofloof@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days ago
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Ordinary WiFi networks could quietly become powerful surveillance tools, allowing people to be identified without cameras, special sensors, or even carrying a connected device. Researchers showed that unencrypted signals routinely exchanged between WiFi devices and routers can be used to create radio-based images of people and recognize them within seconds. In tests involving 197 participants, the system identified individuals with nearly 100% accuracy, even from different angles and regardless of how they walked.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1289547

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  • qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de
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    30 days ago

    Is it time to put tinfoil in the walls?

    • floofloof@lemmy.caOP
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      And also switch back to Ethernet, or you’re going to have a hard time getting online.

      • sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works
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        29 days ago

        This but with privacy

        • HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
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          29 days ago

          I really should get a crimp tool and some snakey bois. Although I use a 4G router. So I could end up with the opposite setup most people have. Wired LAN and wireless internet.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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      got you beat with all the lead and asbestos in my walls.

    • ResistingArrest@lemmy.zip
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      It’s been that time

    • moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com
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      Depends. Do you want your WiFi to work outside?

      Or you could just disable BFI.

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