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Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy: Scientists say ordinary WiFi routers may soon be able to secretly recognize and track people with near-perfect accuracy.


If you pass by a café that operates a WiFi network, you can be identified – even if you do not carry a cell phone with you. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have found a way to identify people solely through recording WiFi communication.

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