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Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy (www.sciencedaily.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[–] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

I believe it would require a specific ML model to be trained, due to the slight variances in the hardware and each environment. This means you would also need the hardware to run the model 24/7.

It could definitely be done, and I suspect the fascist surveillance state already has projects to weaponize it; they're probably also building the capability into the 6G or 7G spec, so they can monitor everything, everyone, everywhere, 24/7 from cell towers alone.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Oh man, that sounds way inefficient. Guess I'll stick to the human presence sensors, then...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    ML models trained for a specific task are not necessarily inefficient. It'd probably be more efficient to add a single pi or container for "sensing" than adding a dozen physical sensors all over the place.

    But it also looks like a new wifi standard will include some non-ML sensing capability on router anyway, but probably won't be available till the 2030's. I'd expect the ML approach to have solid options within a couple of years.

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