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  • Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

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  • That's connection history. CSI motion detection software storing information it collects would be entirely independent of that. How much it saves and for how long would depend on the size of the router's memory.

  • Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

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  • Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

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  • Opensource tech to do the same thing has been in the hands of the people for a long time. This is just a different way of doing it without motion sensors.

  • Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

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  • inert meaning not a wifi device.

  • Reminds me of certain people and their flock

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  • People usually decide whether religious material is literal or an allegory to suit whatever point they're trying to make, and using the precise wording of whichever translation works best for that.

  • Different strokes

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  • The Prime Directive doesn't apply to Federation planets, stations, colonies etc.

  • India is being left to die in the heat | Modi has denied climate change for years. Now, as the death toll climbs uncounted, his government offers branding instead of protection.

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  • You'd be surprised. Some of us still want to give them maps and such as.

  • Bank boss sorry after describing workers as 'lower value human capital'

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  • Ok... your comment history says you don't know "times tables" past 5x and that a link was "unreadable" which I checked and it was fine. Izzat you, Mister Bond?

    Anyway, whatever the secret plan is, please hit the big red button ASAP so we can all thank you!

  • Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

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  • That's because Xfinity offers motion sensing as a feature, which requires this tech in the router. Presumably it's configurable and costs extra to turn on.

  • Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

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  • Uh-oh, Trump just put a yuge tariff on Chinese tinfoil.

  • Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

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  • I don't think a person has to carry anything. The tracking is based on measuring the interference a moving person (or a dog) creates between the router and a connected device like a range extender or a networked printer.

  • Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

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  • From what I've just read, the tech doesn't seem ready to identify people yet. It can supposedly detect hand gestures, but facial recognition I seriously doubt. But that's probably just a matter of improving the tech. See this article for more info.

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  • Very interesting concept. I was curious about how in the hell this could be done. This article explains the general method.

    When an inert object like a person moves around between the router and stationary connected devices like computers and printers, it interferes with the signal. The pattern of interference plus math can be used to plot the movement of the object - and even measure subtle changes like hand gestures. Home security software from companies like Xfinity can already use this tech to send you an alert when something is moving around in your house, without needing additional hardware. Imagine an informercial where a guy holds up a handful of "clumsy motion sensors" with wires sticking out of them, and "confusing instructions". Not if you just let your router do it!

    As far as being a new and sinister means of surveillance, evil companies could already theoretically tap into anybody's motion sensors or security cams. The difference with WiFi tracking is that you wouldn't necessarily know it's there.

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  • If you're technical you might like enjoy this article that explains how the tracking works. Basically the router can perform math on the interference created by objects moving around the room. It seems like this would have to be part of the router firmware, which doesn't sound like a standard feature. But if it is, the fix would be to install modified firmware with that function disabled. The smoking gun will be if somebody gets into DMCA trouble for doing this.

  • Taiwanese grandmothers aged 89 and 91 train at the gym. Taiwan is encouraging elderly people to hit the gym to stay healthy, both physically and mentally.

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  • And yet Taiwan has welcomed McDonalds, Burger King, Domino's, Krispy Kreme...

  • Wowee

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  • Even a multicolor assortment of 16 Polands!

  • India is being left to die in the heat | Modi has denied climate change for years. Now, as the death toll climbs uncounted, his government offers branding instead of protection.

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  • fast fact: For westerners who still think of India as a faraway little spot, slightly under a fifth of the world's population lives there. More than 4x as many people as the USA. So this is kind of a major deal, humanity-wise.

  • Bank boss sorry after describing workers as 'lower value human capital'

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  • Ooooh, found the dangerous badass who's gonna make 'em sorry. You must have a very particular set of skills! Help us, Obi Wan, you're our only hope.

  • Bank boss sorry after describing workers as 'lower value human capital'

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  • I've been irritated since around 1979 when we stopped being "personnel" and became "human resources". It's always puzzled me that there was no massive backlash to that.