In a world where private health care is the norm, yes. In a country with Public health care is the main provider of health it isn’t.
Comment on WiFi signals can measure heart rate—no wearables needed
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
This tech scares the hell out of me.
Great if we can make MRI quality imaging eventually available, but being able to monitor where perks are in their homes remotely and their health status in our world is fucking dangerous.
alecbowles@feddit.uk 2 months ago
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 month ago
It has nothing to do with that. This is about privacy and data security.
alecbowles@feddit.uk 1 month ago
If we think about the applications of the technology to the benefit of someone’s health I think it’s really cool.
Needless to say it does pose a risk to our privacy and data security if used with an intention to monitor ones health without their consent.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
oh yes it still is
welfare_wizard@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
What?
alecbowles@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Edited for better comprehension. I didn’t have my coffee, sorry
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah I’m with you.
“Using this technological advancement to improve health care is good”
“Not in countries where health care is publicly run”
“What” is the correct response here.
krunklom@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Real question: how do you stop this?
I don’t use wifi at all in my home but I live in an apartment and all my neighbours obviously do.
How in the hell do I stop this from getting into my home?
TwoDogsFighting@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Turns out the tinfoil hat gang was right through whole time.
krunklom@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Innocuous radio signals are one thing but if my apartment is inundated with radio waves that can literally be used to track my movements and monitor my heartbeat, being forced to allow this is a perverse and sickening invasion of privacy.
TwoDogsFighting@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
If you think the lack of privacy is bad now, just wait till they use this to target done strikes. We’re all in for super fun times.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Yes, 20 people at a government agency are watching you watch Netflix and taking a shit.
Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Own the network. Run OSS.
That’s about it.
krunklom@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
“Howdy neighbour. Your wireless modem/router combo is mine now. Thxkbye”
tekato@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Your neighbors WIFI signals are too weak to matter in this case. Even if they were strong enough, this is a receiver-transmitter setup, so it would still be impossible to do unless you connect to their network. Even then, they’d have to assume you’re the only person present between the transmitter and the receiver.
Presence detection through WIFI was already garbage enough, this one is plain unusable.
krunklom@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Good to know.
The stuff I’ve read about recently tracking movements using wifi - would this need more powerful radio waves than most people use or no?
tekato@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You need more power than what regular people use. You would need the signal to go through walls into your home, and then read whatever comes back out through the same walls, so it’s a lot more attenuation than you typically expect.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Wear an aluminum foil vest and a Faraday suit. Burn your computer after reading, I’ve said too much…
ronigami@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Put the house in a faraday cage?
krunklom@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
With 6 ghz wifi you’d need a cage with a size of around 1mm irc.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Copper mesh fabric.
0x0@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Foil is cheap enough and a good isolator for plenty of things.