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Sam Hobbs I think the article is too vague about what the technology is doing. The article seems to imply that the technology recognizes people by physical appearance including how they move. It makes that confusing by stating explicitly that the person does not need a wireless device. If my understanding about physical appearance is correct then the article should have stated that explicitly. Reply
COBXO3 Sam Hobbs said: I think the article is too vague about what the technology is doing. The article seems to imply that the technology recognizes people by physical appearance including how they move. It makes that confusing by stating explicitly that the person does not need a wireless device. If my understanding about physical appearance is correct then the article should have stated that explicitly. It did state that quite clearly. Tech can determine "girth" of a person by level of signal degradation. Reply
PEnns COBXO3 said: It did state that quite clearly. Tech can determine "girth" of a person by level of signal degradation. So, a person with no detectable "girth" i.e, very skinny, will fool the system!! Reply
usertests PEnns said: So, a person with no detectable "girth" i.e, very skinny, will fool the system!! I am detecting your girthy stomach through IP. Reply
Brakheart There have been papers about for like 10 years. Why is this news now? Reply
Sam Hobbs COBXO3 said: It did state that quite clearly. Tech can determine "girth" of a person by level of signal degradation. No what the article says is not clear. Instead it complicates things by mentioning wireless devices. If it was clear about using physical characteristics of bodies then saying that wireless devices are not needed would be unnecessary. Reply
COBXO3 PEnns said: So, a person with no detectable "girth" i.e, very skinny, will fool the system!! No, it detects and differentiates people based on different girths. It can tell when a skinny person entered a room or a big one. Reply
Darkbreeze This is lame, and is NOT what the headline would suggest. Being able to tell there is a "person" and approximately how large or small they are, is abso(Insert here)luty not the same as "identify a person through their wifi". Headline suggests "identification" of a person, not "determination that a person is present and, some details". Just, sorry, IMO it's just more clickbait. Now, if they could ACTUALLY "identify" a person, that would be alarming. Reply
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