Comment on Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals

besselj@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A faraday hat.

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• hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  wouldn’t that make it wors? basically any signal can bounce off you, making yourself even easier to track.

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  • besselj@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The tracking happens even with a big reflector/scatterer on your head, but as long as you dont wear it regularly, the system would have difficulty identifying you from wave propagation alone

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    • Flagstaff@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So wear many different hats. Got it.

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      • DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I mean, wouldn’t you anyway? You don’t wear your good Sunday tinfoil hat to work. That one’s for church and swinger club visits only!

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      • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Many different items of tinfoil clothing. Tinfoil shirt today, tinfoil codpiece for the weekend

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  • Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Since it ‘figerprints’ you, changing your fingerprint by blocking parts of the signal with pieces of foil doesn’t seem like a terrible idea.

    Now, the question is: is such a tactic like wearing gloves, or like using super glue?

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