How would a person be able to avoid this?
Probably with a device that transmit in the same frequency of the WiFi network, just ending up distubing the signal
FreeSense: Indoor Human Identification with WiFi Signals
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#13The only good application of this work I can come up with is to reduce the danger that comes from surprised cops in no-knock warrants. Still kinda evil though.
Useful for detecting if aged or ailing family members haven't moved in a while, and check on them.
A team from MIT has created a product for this specific purpose using a very similar technology: http://www.emeraldforhome.com/
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That's one scary implication: they can't.
No seriously. Maybe wear some kinda suit?
Run Ethernet throughout your home and hardwire 100% of everything. Disable all wireless radios in your house. That will stop your own gear from being used like this, but unless you turn your home into a faraday cage someone could probably blast your home with 2.4GHz externally to achieve similar results. If as you mention, perhaps you had some kind of suit that is completely absorbent to wireless spectrum, though that in itself could be used as an identifier most likely.
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#15This is a type of passive identification I hadn't imagined before. It's pretty impressive to see 90% identification for a set of 6 users.
I can't imagine it's accurate enough to use for secure verification. I could see it's application for a shared entertainment system (ps4, netflix, etc) where identification is primarily for configuration purposes, not security.
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#16Wasn't this what wifi slam worked on at Stanford?
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#17Is this much different to FIND?
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
No seriously. Maybe wear some kinda suit?
Run Ethernet throughout your home and hardwire 100% of everything. Disable all wireless radios in your house. That will stop your own gear from being used like this, but unless you turn your home into a faraday cage someone could probably blast your home with 2.4GHz externally to achieve similar results. If as you mention, perhaps you had some kind of suit that is completely absorbent to wireless spectrum, though tha…
What I meant was that the suit would change your "wifi fingerprint", not that it would be absorbent.
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#20How would a person be able to avoid this?
put some cold water and ice in the bathtube and wait inside it until the spiders left the building... :) (important link to understand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=901lYbPmqu4)