Agree. Hence the qualification that there is no technical reason why the information can't be extracted. Any barriers are non-technical.
The problem is that this information is inherent to a communications system. It can't be separated. Communications is pervasive, so channel information is pervasive. How does one control something that is pervasive?
It's a Catch-22: Do we implement a surveillance apparatus to prevent people from accessing the channel information that can be used to build a surveillance apparatus?
Re:WiFi can read through walls
by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @12:40AM
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> Do we implement a surveillance apparatus to prevent people from accessing the channel information
thats the wrong question - simply remove all barriers that prevent consuners from inspecting inner working if their devices, and attach large statutory compensation in case a consumer privacy is violated.
Except you can't mass kill people with pens. Or you can't hijack someone else's pen and kill them. You can mass surveil people with this tech and you can be sure it will be used that way sooner or later.
Re:WiFi can read through walls
by deafpolygon on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @01:29AM
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Sooner, most likely.
A pen can be both a writing implement and a deadly weapon. But until someone decides to use it as a deadly weapon, it's not one. Luckily we don't typically hear people explaining the anatomy of soft tissues in the human neck when talking about pens.