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Re:TV can see through walls by ClikeX on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:36AM (#50437975)
Bad actors, and any WiFi capable hardware in your house. There's an official spec for it[1], and some routers already have the option built in. I remember seeing papers about this over 10 years ago, someone at MIT did it for a paper.

Philips Hue also has it built in to their newer lights, where they measure the Zigbee signals. They call it MotionAware[2]. Basically anything with an antenna and a bit of compute is able to do this now.

[1] IEEE 802.11bf-2025 [2] https://www.philips-hue.com/en-hk/support/article/motionawar...

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Re:TV can see through walls by jaapz on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:30AM (#50438360)
Even philips hue documentation is now vibed
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Re:TV can see through walls by ClikeX on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @07:44AM (#50439566)
It's probably just AI translated. The original docs are Dutch.
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Re:TV can see through walls by reaperducer on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:08AM (#50438642)
There's an official spec for it[1], and some routers already have the option built in.

~~Comcast~~ Xfinity actually advertises it on the radio as a feature.

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