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Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals (www.theregister.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by bignose@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The Sapienza computer scientists say Wi-Fi signals offer superior surveillance potential compared to cameras because they're not affected by light conditions, can penetrate walls and other obstacles, and they're more privacy-preserving than visual images.

[…] The Rome-based researchers who proposed WhoFi claim their technique makes accurate matches on the public NTU-Fi dataset up to 95.5 percent of the time when the deep neural network uses the transformer encoding architecture.

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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

Well of course the Sapienza scientists would figure this out, Agent 47 keeps killing everyone in the labs

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

Stilsuits: get it for the unbearable heat as we turn the Earth into a desert, now with wifi blocking!

[–] Sundiata@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

And this here folks is the true ending. No one there is going to stop it as always.

Congratulations! You are now fully fucked!

There is the draft dodger, he is located in building #52556 in this city, info updated 125 milliseconds ago. He left his phone at his house 5 states away, go get him.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

This has me wondering how my sack of potatoes body would look 🤣

[–] modus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Time to carry a WiFi jammer

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