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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.

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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

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Fietsbel 3h ago

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuthor/116642695307601153

@wimaalbers This is abuse of #WiFi routers, in my view, unless used in founded criminal prosecution. Otherwise it’s a threat to the individual’s fundamental rights, if arbitrarily used by autocratic states or big organisations, or a criminal threat, if used by criminal networks, or the like. #wifi

Danie 12h ago

Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-435cc19c-d338c8f05c47a35c

gtbarry 12h ago

Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

Ability to identify people using nothing more than ordinary WiFi signals. By analyzing how radio waves bounce around a room, researchers can effectively “see” and recognize individuals

#wifi #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260522023127.htm

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

Danie van der Merwe 12h ago

Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

“Unlike earlier experimental systems that relied on expensive sensors or specialised equipment, the new method works with ordinary WiFi hardware already found in most homes and businesses. Previous approaches often depended on channel state information (CSI), which measures how radio signals change aft...

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/ordinary-wifi-can-now-identify-people-with-near-perfect-accuracy/
#privacy #technology #wifi

Ordinary WiFi Can Now Identify People With Near Perfect Accuracy

"Unlike earlier experimental systems that relied on expensive sensors or specialised equipment, the new method works with ordinary WiFi hardware already found

GadgeteerZA

cnx-software.com [Unofficial]15h ago

ESPHome 2026.5.0 released with new ESPHome Device Builder (beta), performance/memory optimizations

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/26/esphome-2026-5-0-released-with-new-esphome-device-builder-beta-performance-memory-optimizations/

ESPHome 2026.5.0 released with new ESPHome Device Builder (beta), performance/memory optimizations

ESPHome 2026.5.0 has just been released with the beta version of the new ESPHome Device Builder web app that replaces the legacy in-tree dashboard with a real configuration editor, a firmware job queue, multi-select bulk actions, labels and areas, out-of-sync detection, cross-config search, distributed builds, and a proper settings UI. The firmware itself gains optimizations of the main loop, scheduler, and task watchdog to lower CPU and power usage on supported platforms, and a range of other memory/performance optimizations across the API, audio, and helper hot paths. The audio decoder pipeline has been improved and features new microMP3, microWAV, and microFLAC streaming libraries. OTA has also been enhanced with partition-table and bootloader updates, web-server OTA, and soft-brick recovery, and ESP32 MCUs are now handled by up to the ESP-IDF v6.0.1 framework natively, while Zigbee support has been expanded to ESP32 H2 and ESP32-C6, among other features. Key features of the

CNX Software - Embedded Systems News

E-Pood - Soodne E-Kaubamaja 14h ago

Topeltpumbaga WiFi kastmissüsteem: Targa kastmise WiFi süsteem taimedele.

Kasta taimi nutikalt ja lihtsalt, kasutades WiFi ja topeltpumbaga süsteemi, mis tagab automaatse ja tõhusa kastmise. https://tootemaailm.ee/topeltpumbaga-wifi-kastmissusteem/ #targakastmine #WiFi #kastmissüsteem #taimed #automaatkastmine

Banana Pi Open Source Hardware 16h ago

anyone use Openwrt One do some cool project? can you share your project ?
https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/OpenWRT-One/BananaPi_OpenWRT-One
#openwrt #bananapi #wifi #router #network #wireless

ResearchBuzz: Firehose 19h ago

Gizmodo: Researchers Issue Warning About Tech That Could Turn Every Router ‘Into a Potential Means for Surveillance’. “Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany say ordinary WiFi networks can be used to identify people with an eerie amount of accuracy.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/26/gizmodo-researchers-issue-warning-about-tech-that-could-turn-every-router-into-a-potential-means-for-surveillance/

Gizmodo: Researchers Issue Warning About Tech That Could Turn Every Router ‘Into a Potential Means for Surveillance’

Gizmodo: Researchers Issue Warning About Tech That Could Turn Every Router ‘Into a Potential Means for Surveillance’. “Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany sa…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Linux Renaissance PeerTube 1d ago

Your WiFi Router Is Watching You Walk

https://watch.linuxrenaissance.com/w/39MP1U1gRB3Nb2WBy52JGJ

Your WiFi Router Is Watching You Walk

PeerTube