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Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy
(www.sciencedaily.com)
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this post was submitted on 24 May 2026
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My understanding is that this catches disruptions between devices and router. I don’t think this would work. I would say you should instead sell a “bracelet” with “ancient Himalayan Salt” embedded into the silicone to absorb and cancel the tracking. It would probably sell a ton! Obviously wouldn’t work but $!
Well you can't stop it from knowing something is there. But you should be able to confuse it's identification of a specific person.
Yeah probably but if you’re going to this much trouble to spy, you’re may as well put gait analysis on it.
I don’t know if it can actually see your gait. Might be that your legs are technically invisible to it. It's just looking at how you uniquely disturb wifi signals. It maybe that your torso does most of that or something.