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by randyrand 3372 days ago
so does the presence of my automobile.
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Your neighbor's wifi scale can't see your car, but it can "see" your wifi packets.
> Your neighbor's wifi scale can't see your car[...]

Don't be so sure: http://people.csail.mit.edu/fadel/wivi/

Yeah, I would only be a little surprised if it turns out to be feasible to reconstruct 3D shapes to freakish accuracy via wifi signals. Perhaps not anytime soon, though.