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Wifi Sensing Sees Through Walls (takebackourtech.org)

submitted 1 week ago by Pssk@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 week ago

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.