Random Standard Wi-Fi Routers Can Scan Your Body to Identify Exactly Who You Are, Alarming New Research Finds
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Random Standard Wi-Fi Routers Can Scan Your Body to Identify Exactly Who You Are, Alarming New Research Finds
If you were paranoid about digital tracking before, you might want to think twice about reading any further. New research out of Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology found that the types of Wi-Fi routers we all have in our homes come with a major privacy vulnerability that can be used to identify any human body that comes within their range. The study, flagged by Gizmodo, used machine learning systems to identify individuals with an accur…
German researchers have outlined a frightening possibility: traditional Wi-Fi signals alone are capable of identifying people with surprising accuracy, even if they don't have a Wi-Fi-enabled device with them.
Alarming: Wi-Fi Routers Can Scan Your Body to Identify Exactly Who You Are
These aren’t welcome findings, because almost every home in America has a Wi-Fi router. Theoretically, once you have been ID’d by your personal router (if it has built-in beam forming technology), other similar Wi-Fi signals anywhere in the world could “see” you passing by. This is the type of tech that could be added to your biometric profile as a fail-safe ID that can’t be spoofed. Cameras might see your face to ID you, but you cannot hide fro…
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology demonstrate a monitoring system that detects people using unencrypted wireless signals. Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a novel method for identifying and tracking people based solely on conventional wireless signals. The system uses the already ubiquitous infrastructure of standard wireless routers, which are widely used in private households, offices,…
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