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Random Standard Wi-Fi Routers Can Scan Your Body to Identify Exactly Who You Are, Alarming New Research Finds (opens in new tab)

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Researchers Issue Warning About Tech That Could Turn Every Router ‘Into a Potential Means for Surveillance’

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Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

Discussed on Hacker News, r/privacy, and r/technology

Covered in 3 articles

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Researchers warn of 'privacy attack' as common home Wi-Fi routers can identify your body through walls

Links 01/06/2026: Patent Applicant Disclosures Drop After the January 2025 IDS Surcharge, "China Exports Surveillance"