I don't want to convert to the Amish. But, we are definitely reaching a point where I'd like to revert to... Idk. Late 1990-2000s, maybe early 2010 technology. And ditch all this AI, surveillance bs of the late 2010-2020s!!!

I believe it would require a specific ML model to be trained, due to the slight variances in the hardware and each environment. This means you would also need the hardware to run the model 24/7.

It could definitely be done, and I suspect the fascist surveillance state already has projects to weaponize it; they're probably also building the capability into the 6G or 7G spec, so they can monitor everything, everyone, everywhere, 24/7 from cell towers alone.

I know that works against predators, but I don't think it works against child predators.

I don't think the predator's visor had a Wi-Fi mode, but who knows.

And also switch back to Ethernet, or you're going to have a hard time getting online.

got you beat with all the lead and asbestos in my walls.

It’s been that time

Depends. Do you want your WiFi to work outside?

Or you could just disable BFI.

Sorry to take the pervert spin, but John Oliver showed us during the Snowden revolutions that if you frame this sort of news in the narrative of "the government is looking at my naked body during sexual exchanges without my consent", then people will be much more outraged.

Seems like the long term solution to this is to make BFI data encrypted.

If this research gets properly picked up by the press and interpreted and written about from a "the gov can watch you having sex using your smart fridge" then there may be pressure on the WiFi standard to make broadcasting unencrypted BFI illegal in future devices

The article was very clear that this isn't fingerprinting your devices. You could have zero devices, but you walk into a café and other people's devices are all screaming radio waves, including BFI data, which bonuses off your physical body, forming an image of you

That unencrypted BFI data can then be listened-to by a nearby attacker who would process the data in a ML algorithm, and identify you with near 100% accuracy.

That's what the article said.

Link?