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Wireless Network Modded To See Through Walls
KentuckyFC writes "The way radio signals vary in a wireless network can reveal the movement of people behind closed doors, say researchers who have developed a technique called variance-based radio tomographic imaging which processes wireless signals to peer through walls. They've tested the idea with a 34-node wireless network using the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless protocol (the personal area network protocol employed by home automation services such as ZigBee). The researchers say that such a network could be easily distributed by the police or military wanting to determine what's going on inside a building. But such a network, which uses cheap off-the-shelf components, might also be easily deployed by your neighbor or anybody else wanting to monitor movements in your home."
wanting to determine what's going on inside a building.
Now when teens want to sneak out at night, they can easily see thru walls if their parents are sleeping!
Went straight for the "everyone is spying on me!" ploy a little quick there. Seriously, if anything my neighbors request to see LESS of my movements. This may be due to the fact that I have a clear shower curtain and my bathroom doors lines up to a big bay window facing the road...took me two months to realize that one.
What with three wireless hubs, an RFID scanner, and half-a-dozen Bluetooth devices always on, I'm pretty sure I'm already casting EMF shadows on my walls.
Been seeing some really big spiders, too...
Orwell: "In a Time of Universal Deceit, telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act"
Which means they'll want WiFi access on the porch, the back yard - the patio and the sundeck.
I think you mean the front observation deck, the firing range, and the snipers nest.
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Maybe he only showers every two months?
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