Sensationalist bullshit headline. This is not new. Wifi is just high-frequency radio waves, which have always been able to penetrate most typical walls. Using wifi to detect movement is not new, either.
Just Comcast being Comcast.
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2025
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For real. S&R teams and firefighters've been using it, and similar, for years now
Thats not even the cool proof on concept type of shit that's out there. There's people figuring out how to steal data from the vibrations of a hard drive, through walls
Do you have a link to an article or something about that?
I misremembered it, it was Fan vibrations, but still crazy stuff.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/steal-data-through-fan-vibrations-cybersecurity
Thanks :D Crazy what kinda stuff is possible. At least this still requires actively controlling the fan(s).
The things you can do with just the sensors of a mobile phone...