Script Kiddie10h ago

Ordinary #WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

source: sciencedaily.com/releases/2026…

Scientists in #Germany have demonstrated a startling new form of surveillance: identifying people using nothing more than ordinary WiFi signals. By #analyzing how #radio waves bounce around a room, #researchers can effectively “see” and #recognize individuals — even if they are not carrying a #device and even if their #phone is turned off.

#science #software #hardware #wave #signal #identification #people #bigbrother #surveillance #tracking #problem #research #news

Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

Scientists in Germany have demonstrated a startling new form of surveillance: identifying people using nothing more than ordinary WiFi signals. By analyzing how radio waves bounce around a room, researchers can effectively “see” and recognize individuals — even if they are not carrying a device and even if their phone is turned off.

ScienceDaily
Schneier on Security RSS17h ago

Identifying People Using Wi-Fi Routers

Not identifying people based on their use of Wi-Fi routers, but identifying people using Wi-Fi signa... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/identifying-people-using-wi-fi-routers.html

#identification #Uncategorized #surveillance #privacy #Wi-Fi

Identifying People Using Wi-Fi Routers - Schneier on Security

Not identifying people based on their use of Wi-Fi routers, but identifying people using Wi-Fi signals. This is accomplished through what is known as WiFi sensing, or the use of WiFi signals to infer information about a physical environment. When radio signals like WiFi travel through a space, they interact with the objects and people around them. Those signals can be reflected, scattered, or absorbed. By analyzing how the signal is expected to behave compared with how it is actually received, researchers can infer details about the surrounding environment...

Schneier on Security
DecksDark2d ago

Saw this insect while taking a walk outside and I don't think I know what it is. Maybe a spider? I wonder if someone knows the name.

It was moving very quickly between the rocks, then it froze in place and allowed to take a pic.

#insect #identification #enthomology #insects

Show threadsmeg2d ago

Web services complain about overbearing government censorship, but refuse to offer parental controls that address the problems that trigger "for the children" censorship demands.

12-13 is not an adult. But the parental controls basically disappear at that age and preteens/teens are exposed to full 18+ adult content.

#censorship #parenting #parents #children #forthechildren #identification

Public Domain Image Archive3d ago

Illustration by Samuel G. Szabó, from Rogues, A Study of Characters (1857).

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/74c438f2-2c95-403a-b8b0-77eb8926ad1a

#portraiture #character #portraits #mugshots #criminals #identification #faces #crime #art #publicdomain

Shouting into the void5d ago

Governments are strangling your freedom to move about the world. 🌎

https://www.thetravel.com/us-department-of-transportation-warns-travelers-passport-not-enough-to-fly-this-summer/

#travel #vacation #GovernmentFailure #usa #eu #uk #passport #bigbrother #identification #visa

U.S. Department of Transportation Warns Travelers May Need More Than A Passport To Fly This Summer

With travel ever-evolving, U.S. travelers are being warned that their passport alone is not enough.

TheTravel
Techdirt [Unofficial]May 19

New Trump FCC Plan To ‘Fight Robocalls’ Raises Red Flags And Major Privacy Concerns

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/19/new-trump-fcc-plan-to-fight-robocalls-raises-red-flags-and-major-privacy-concerns/

New Trump FCC Plan To ‘Fight Robocalls’ Raises Red Flags And Major Privacy Concerns

We’ve talked a lot about how Americans have somehow accepted the fact that our voice networks are now saturated with scammers, fraudsters, and robocallers (no, that’s not something that…

Techdirt
CBC Prince Edward IslandMay 19
Man found in Malpeque Bay, P.E.I. finally identified after nearly 30 years through DNA
Nearly three decades after a body was found in Malpeque Bay, P.E.I., RCMP say DNA technology has finally helped identify the man and closed one of the province’s long-standing cold cases.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-man-found-malpeque-bay-identified-9.7204002?cmp=rss
MrNew1May 19

Gas detection and gas identification.

#Gas #Detection #Identification

Show threadTimothy Schwinghamer (he/him)May 16

#Water #transfers should #maintain #public #transparency with #identification of #risks and #benefits to the #environment and the #public good.

To summarize, SAGE believes that meeting water #conservation objectives (WCOs) and preserving grasslands should be a minimum requirement before allowing the greater use of water in closed basins. Regardless of the water #licenses under FITFIR, meeting minimum flows for aquatic #ecosystem #health is the #priority.

11/24