this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2026
63 points (89.9% liked)

Privacy

49320 readers
739 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 

A post just in case nobody knows about it. This isn't a conspiracy post, it can be done, the video link is there by Cyb3rMaddy to explain it more thoroughly. It isn't new tech, it has been around for more than 10 years. It is just crazy to think that somebody can somehow tap into it, maybe your ISP. Who knows how this is being used today. Since there are no cameras on routers, it is unregulated. Your ISP can theoretically use your home Wi-Fi router to track your movements. By analyzing how your body and walls disrupt and reflect wireless signals a technology known as Wi-Fi sensing, AI models can map exactly where you are, what you're doing, and even your posture. This is wild to think about, I am guessing regular people don't know this, but it can happen. Since this can be done, somebody can use it against you. It can even detect human breathing rhythm and heart rate. Sitting at home and unaware. Your cell phone can be used as an Wi-Fi access point. Another example is your smart fridge that has Wi-Fi, it does send back data to somewhere anyway. Like when you run out of food or something. I would never get one of those, personally. I totally understand those people that just want to move to a cabin in the woods somewhere.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

i think this is related to this new app calle ruview and i think this is greatly exxagerated. not only you need a router, you need ESP32 nodes, plus you need to be relatively close to the router or have multiple router the bigger the location you're trying to scan. and i don't see how you isp would be able to do this from far away...

https://github.com/ruvnet/RuView

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 3 points 17 hours ago

Also that repo is full of vibed slop that barely works, see: https://github.com/deletexiumu/wifi-densepose

[–] lavember@programming.dev 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

this repo is from a known grifter, does a thousand slops a day and gets them trending with botted stars, then wants to buy his courses. see the closed issues if you wanna check

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 hours ago

i think i followed the project on github and i saw a lot of updates a week, even a day sometimes, one figure if you at least are all day vibecoding at some point it would work at least lol