To be clear, this is using the same frequencies WiFi uses, but customized hardware and software to accomplish the task. Those frequency bands can of course penetrate walls. It’s why we picked them for network connectivity.
It’s a long jump from yet another method to detect things using EM radiation to plugging an AI into your WiFi router to spy on people.
This has been a “thing” for a while now. Here’s a Hackaday article on it from 2018:
https://hackaday.com/2018/07/02/using-an-ai-and-wifi-to-see-through-walls/
We really just sleepwalking into a Cyberpunk dystopia huh?
You better start believing in cyberpunk dystopias, matey.
You’re living in one.
To be clear, this is using the same frequencies WiFi uses, but customized hardware and software to accomplish the task. Those frequency bands can of course penetrate walls. It’s why we picked them for network connectivity.
It’s a long jump from yet another method to detect things using EM radiation to plugging an AI into your WiFi router to spy on people.