Random Standard Wi-Fi Routers Can Scan Your Body to Identify Exactly Who You Are, Alarming New Research Finds
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Random Standard Wi-Fi Routers Can Scan Your Body to Identify Exactly Who You Are, Alarming New Research Finds
If you were paranoid about digital tracking before, you might want to think twice about reading any further. New research out of Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology found that the types of Wi-Fi routers we all have in our homes come with a major privacy vulnerability that can be used to identify any human body that comes within their range. The study, flagged by Gizmodo, used machine learning systems to identify individuals with an accur…
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology demonstrate a monitoring system that detects people using unencrypted wireless signals. Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a novel method for identifying and tracking people based solely on conventional wireless signals. The system uses the already ubiquitous infrastructure of standard wireless routers, which are widely used in private households, offices,…
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