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fragmede 5 days ago

Comcast renting out wifi hardware to all of their customers, and already bringing that technology to the masses should be concerning to you then.

transpute 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Sensing is (sadly) already part of Wi-Fi 7. If you have a recent Intel, AMD or Qualcomm device from the past few years, it's likely physically capable of detecting human presence and/or activity (e.g. breathing rate, keystrokes, hand gestures). It can also be done with $20 ESP32 devices + OSS firmware. The open questions are on custody and legal usage of CSI measurements, not their existence.

wlesieutre 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But think of how much money they can make by selling your health data to insurance companies!

throwway120385 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yet another tool for our surveillance capitalism overlords to figure out when people are having sex.

lo_zamoyski 5 days ago | parent [-]

Alexa: "I sounds like you're having sex. Would you like me to play Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in D minor on Spotify and schedule a breakfast delivery through GrubHub?"