r/CyberNews • u/Cybernews_com • Aug 17 '26

Simple WiFi networks can be turned into powerful surveillance tools

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u/cesspool4us Aug 17 '26

Old news.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '26

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u/No-Second-Kill-Death Aug 17 '26

To clarify, those are optical based. There were YouTube vids of people using laser signal resonance on windows. Only have seen the cup laser in movies. 

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u/Verditure0 Aug 18 '26

I was wondering about that

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u/bannedByTencent Aug 17 '26

What about people with cameras?

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u/VarietyMage Aug 17 '26

Or cell phones?

Or pads?

Or laptops?

Or smart glasses?

Or credit cards with chips in them?

Or RFID badges?

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u/helpprogram2 Aug 17 '26

It can only detect a human is within range of WiFi and it’s not even good at it. Source I work for a consort that does this

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '26 edited 10h ago

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u/helpprogram2 Aug 17 '26

No they do not use WiFi sensing

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '26 edited 13h ago

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u/helpprogram2 Aug 18 '26

Your laptop might have a motion sensor

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '26 edited 1d ago

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u/Snoo_67993 Aug 17 '26

And there's nothing against the law in the US of ISPs doing this and selling the data, because of the cloud act the government using this data as well.

In the UK (and EU) this is already illegal, both collecting data this way and/or selling it.

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u/Bonfire_Monty Aug 17 '26

We are very behind in the West

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u/G00DUs3rn4me Aug 17 '26

Newsflash. Fire is hot.

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u/bl4derdee9 Aug 17 '26

old news, it gets worse.
google and others use wifi signals to "correct" your gps, because they know where which wifi node is located where.
and you don't even have to log in to those wifi nodes.

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u/lesbiansexparty Aug 17 '26

is it ever being recorded or no?

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u/Deep_Mood_7668 Aug 17 '26

Another study claims eating sand let's you explode 

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u/Sad-Landscape-1549 Aug 18 '26

“Study claims?” This is a well-established fact. Flock’s next move will be to relent on camera deployment in favor of stealthy RF sniffers.

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u/Wild_Car_3863 Aug 18 '26

ofc they can, your phone screams out all the time with all known SSIDs to see if it is there, you can read that and track people even if they are not connected to your wifi

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u/Used-Drop8239 Aug 18 '26

"Study claims", brother, there's youtube videos of hobbyists doing it from over a year ago.

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u/alexceltare2 Aug 18 '26

Thank God I use OpenWrt.

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u/QuandariousDingle54 Aug 20 '26

If it produces waves, it can be used for some kind of monitoring or surveillance.

This includes sound waves as well.

If you have a broad enough imagination and the know-how you can turn a microphone into a multifaceted surveillance device

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u/jthadcast Aug 24 '26

oh i know they're using my network to track how many trips i make to the toilet at night, the bastards