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Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy (www.sciencedaily.com)
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The reason the FCC is only allowing the sale of state approved routers in the US?

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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

Yes, however do you remember the big fuss over 5g tower tech coming from Huawei and how that is a security issue? Well turns out the 5g towers can employ beam forming for better connection with each phone. And the interesting thing is that AESA radars work much the same - so you can imagine what a nation wide network of these towers would provide for china in terms of air traffic information

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Sure, but why bother?

    Practically speaking, we all carry trackers in our pockets, attached to our phone number, email and social media. We already consent to giving away all that data, which basic ping triangulation also allows for fairly granular location tracking.

    The wifi tracking method is helpful because it very granular in an otherwise opaque area. It tracks based on body size, who does what around the house, who specifically watched what on TV.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    We already consent to giving away all that data, which basic ping triangulation also allows for fairly granular location tracking.

    very few people did consent to that.

    or are you saying that if I unknowingly drink poisoned water, I did consent to that?

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