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Re:FragAttacks: new security vulnerabilities that affect wi-... by disabled on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @07:26PM (#27124900)
A lot of this work has been research of Dina Katabi at MIT, via a function called the Sparse Fourier ("4-E-A") Transform.

I am not excusing the privacy implications, which will be abused to the extreme. However, it will be used also for health reasons, like monitoring respiration, and activity.

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Re:FragAttacks: new security vulnerabilities that affect wi-... by transpute on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @08:01PM (#27125123)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_Katabi

> her work on X-ray vision was chosen as one of the "50 ways that MIT has transformed computer science."

And the housing market.

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Re:FragAttacks: new security vulnerabilities that affect wi-... by eternalban on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @05:19AM (#27128322)
Simple and Practical Algorithm for Sparse Fourier Transform, Hassanieh, Indyk, Katabi, Price (2012)

https://groups.csail.mit.edu/netmit/sFFT/soda_paper.pdf

The sparse fourier transform : theory & practice - Haitham Al-Hassanieh (thesis, 2016 MIT) - Dina Katabi (thesis advisor)

https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/103715

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Re:FragAttacks: new security vulnerabilities that affect wi-... by peanutz454 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:07AM (#27126483)
Sorry I am not sure I am following, how does this impact housing market?
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Re:FragAttacks: new security vulnerabilities that affect wi-... by wayvey on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @03:54AM (#27127833)
Possibly some future demand for faraday-caged homes?
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Re:FragAttacks: new security vulnerabilities that affect wi-... by 4gotunameagain on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:34AM (#27128088)
Faraday cages do not stop Xrays, the wavelength can be smaller than the atomic spacing of metals.
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