So let’s just face it.There is no privacy anymore

[Goofyhoofy]

Public Wi-Fi routers can identify you even if you have no phone — PCWorld

Well, that snapshot doesn’t really get to the heart of it, Of course Wi-Fi can identify you if you’re carrying a phone. Now it turns out that it can also do so even if you’re NOT.

Wi-Fi devices communicate with each other by exchanging so-called Beamforming Feedback Information (BFI). These feedback signals show how radio waves propagate throughout a room and are sent unencrypted from connected devices to the Wi-Fi router.

If a person moves through this Wi-Fi field, their body causes measurable changes to the Wi-Fi signals. Artificial intelligence can then analyze the data and signal changes well enough to associate it with an individual—with a nearly 100 percent accuracy rate.

In a study involving 197 test subjects, the researchers were able to reliably identify people regardless of their walking style or perspective. Even objects like bags and boxes had little influence on the results.

And you were worried about sharing your Thanksgiving pictures of the kids with Aunt Molly on social media. Ha!

[FCorelli]

So, who commissioned this technology and why is it being deployed and who uses the data? Yes, we know the government likes this crap and sellers like knowing who’s there but that doesn’t answer the question. None of this is shakeout technology. It’s being created from the ground up. Who? Other than making the cop’s job easier catching bank robbers, why?

[DrBob2]

@Goofyhoofy

If a person moves through this Wi-Fi field, their body causes measurable changes to the Wi-Fi signals. Artificial intelligence can then analyze the data and signal changes well enough to associate it with an individual—with a nearly 100 percent accuracy rate.

Of course they still have to figure out who the unique individual is. Just one more step…

DB2

[Leap1]

The house robbers are in trouble!

[jaagu]

@FCorelli

None of this is shakeout technology. It’s being created from the ground up. Who? Other than making the cop’s job easier catching bank robbers, why?

Catching bank robbers? Will AI/Wi-Fi find/spot/catch people who are white collar crooks cheating on their tax returns, illegal offshore banking accounts, smuggling drugs/money/jewels, human trafficking, and pedophiles? No rich people will never be caught.

[captainccs]

I used to worry about sunbathing in the nude with all those spy satellites overhead.

The Captain