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Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2025
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So, you're saying the tin foil hat people were right all along?!
Ironically, they're still wrong, because even in their wildest conspiracies, they didn't imagine Wi-Fi could be used to "take pictures" of a sort.
Tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists predate wifi by at least a decade