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Re:WiFi can read through walls by femto on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @12:23AM (#37476919)
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?

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Re:WiFi can read through walls by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @12:40AM (#37476994)
> 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.

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