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Wi-Fi Sensing Technology and Privacy Risks. Detecting Human Movement Through Wi-Fi Signals.
Youtube ^ | 05/27/2026 | Cyb3rMaddy

Posted on 08/30/2026 5:44:08 AM PDT by devane617

Wi-Fi sensing is becoming a powerful technology, capable of detecting movement and gestures without cameras, raising significant questions about online privacy. This video explores the evolution of wifi sensing and its implications for surveillance, including its use in home security and how it could shape future technology. We also discuss the broader cyber security landscape as these capabilities become more advanced, making even a simple motion sensor a potential privacy concern.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: wifi
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Very interesting stuff in this short video. The kid that does these videos knows the subject pretty well.
1 posted on 08/30/2026 5:44:08 AM PDT by devane617
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To: devane617

Bathrooms
Doctor
Taco Bell
Bathrooms
Walmart
Dairy Queen
Stupid Cat Videos
Bathrooms
Bed
.
Rinse Repeat.
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My Life


2 posted on 08/30/2026 6:26:00 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (Good SCIENCE is Not Faith BUT Curiosity. )
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To: Big Red Badger

Works robo vacuum cleaners be on this list, too?


3 posted on 08/30/2026 6:37:48 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.)
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To: Big Red Badger

Bathrooms
Doctor
Taco Bell
Bathrooms
Walmart
Culver’s
Stupid Cat Videos
Bathrooms
Whataburger
Bed
.
Rinse Repeat.
.
My Life sounds a lot like your life


4 posted on 08/30/2026 6:39:59 AM PDT by devane617 (Facts Do Not Matter To Those On The Left—It's Their God.)
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To: devane617

at some point it will be common to build in a tinfoil liner on all floors, walls, doors, and ceilings. windows would have a transparent aluminium coating.

would all that be enough? unlikely. but it would cause those trying to spy a bit of grief.


5 posted on 08/30/2026 6:46:02 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Most new robo vacuums use LIDAR. The WiFi connection allows the robot to communicate with the app. They are two different things. LIDAR prevents it from running over the dog. The WiFi allows it to take a picture of the dog in the way and sends it to your phone.


6 posted on 08/30/2026 6:58:28 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Big Red Badger; devane617

Is FreeRepublic a subset of “Bathrooms”?


7 posted on 08/30/2026 7:06:10 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: Big Red Badger; devane617

You forgot Free Republic!


8 posted on 08/30/2026 7:45:45 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Most Congress Critters should be referred to as what they are....LOOTERS)
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To: sten

“tinfoil liner”

I use cellphone Wi-Fi to access FR.

I can put the cellphone in a steel Farberware pot with the lid on and still access FR.

Putting the pot and phone in my refrigerator will block access to FR.


9 posted on 08/30/2026 8:05:05 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

Does that block access to all other sites?


10 posted on 08/30/2026 8:07:02 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: devane617

Carnegie Mellon University researchers engineered a WiFi router to work with DensePose to detect humans and their movement behind a wall.

This see-through tech relies on three WiFi transmitters and receivers to map the phase and amplitude of the antennas. Doing so allows it to identify a reflected signal’s distance and direction. That data is then fed into the team’s AI system, which reconstructs a human’s pose and movement in a radar-like image. That capability worked effortlessly even if a wall was present between the subjects and routers.

https://community.element14.com/technologies/sensor-technology/b/blog/posts/researchers-turn-wifi-router-into-a-device-that-sees-through-walls


11 posted on 08/30/2026 8:14:15 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ladyjane

“Does that block access to all other sites?”

The test is not a function of the website.

It was a combined test of both the cellphone’s cellphone tower and Wi-Fi access abilities.

I was thinking of putting my cellphone in a homemade foil pouch and wanted to know if such a pouch would work. It would not.


12 posted on 08/30/2026 8:19:04 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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