The next big Wi-Fi standard is for sensing, not communication (2021)

Re:The next big Wi-Fi standard is for sensing, not communica... by jagger27 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @01:35PM (#29911009)

This is hyperbole. 60GHz cannot penetrate walls and closed doors. 2.4GHz and 5GHz lack the resolution to image you, especially if your adversary only has control of one AP. There are already tons of side channel attacks with existing WiFi and Bluetooth that reveal when someone is in the area. Your neighbour could already be tracking your devices, for all you know.

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Re:The next big Wi-Fi standard is for sensing, not communica... by transpute on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @01:50PM (#29911199)

Here are 400 research papers on Wi-Fi sensing with 2.4/5Ghz, https://dhalperi.github.io/linux-80211n-csitool/#external

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Re:The next big Wi-Fi standard is for sensing, not communica... by riddleronroof on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @02:11PM (#29911458)

Thank you! Also, I can lid the device in a drawer. It’s greatly different than tracking exactly what I’m doing in any room. Also, consider flats next to each other.

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