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by mateo1 1600 days ago
Please write up how to make a simple passive detector so people can have a chance to know if they are being tracked.

This is going to be in every home in 10 years embedded in phones, TVs, smart speakers. All public venues. Trams, buses, subways. Everywhere. But most importantly homes. Every. Single. Person. 24/7. Breathing rate. Abnormal motions. Current location. Current activity.

Maybe, just maybe if we raise a some awareness we can curb the proliferation a bit.

Surely I can't be the only one who sees this as a nightmare.

2 comments

If it's going everywhere, making a detector won't be very useful. Perhaps a jammer / shield.
How is this any worse than smartphone tracking today? What does it matter if I buy technology that tracks me because I feel like it'd be useful to me?