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Wifi Sensing Sees Through Walls
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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2025
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Thats not even the cool proof on concept type of shit that's out there. There's people figuring out how to steal data from the vibrations of a hard drive, through walls
Do you have a link to an article or something about that?
I misremembered it, it was Fan vibrations, but still crazy stuff.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/steal-data-through-fan-vibrations-cybersecurity
https://www.techpowerup.com/266160/and-now-a-cyberattack-that-uses-fan-vibrations-to-steal-data-air-viber
Thanks :D Crazy what kinda stuff is possible. At least this still requires actively controlling the fan(s).
The things you can do with just the sensors of a mobile phone...