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There are positive sci-fi use cases, but ONLY IF the data and automation are entirely under control of the human subjects, e.g. self-hosted home server, local G

There are positive sci-fi use cases, but ONLY IF the data and automation are entirely under control of the human subjects, e.g. self-hosted home server, local GPUs, local LLM, offline voice recognition, private 3D imaging of home and human, etc.

fragmede 1y ago
Comcast renting out wifi hardware to all of their customers, and already bringing that technology to the masses should be concerning to you then.
- transpute 1y ago
  Sensing is (sadly) already part of Wi-Fi 7. If you have a recent Intel, AMD or Qualcomm device from the past few years, it's likely physically capable of detecting human presence and/or activity (e.g. breathing rate, keystrokes, hand gestures). It can also be done with $20 ESP32 devices + OSS firmware. The open questions are on custody and legal usage of CSI measurements, not their existence.
- wlesieutre 1y ago
  But think of how much money they can make by selling your health data to insurance companies!
- throwway120385 1y ago
  Yet another tool for our surveillance capitalism overlords to figure out when people are having sex.
  - lo_zamoyski 1y ago
    Alexa: "I sounds like you're having sex. Would you like me to play Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in D minor on Spotify and schedule a breakfast delivery through GrubHub?"
bluGill 1y ago
I don't want the data under my control - I want it under my doctors control. Except if it decects a coming heart attack or such, then notify every emt.
- transpute 1y ago
  If you have control of your data, then you can delegate to doctors, EMT or other agents.
  - bluGill 1y ago
    I want my doctor as agent to delegate to other specialists without consulting me. Most of the time it isn't needed but I don't want to be bothered for 'just double checking this is nothing' which should happen at times.
    - transpute 1y ago
      When you say, "I want", you need initial data control to give that instruction. You can delegate to your doctor the right to delegate to other specialists without consulting you. Other humans can delegate to the agents of their choice. This is why the first step is for you to have control of your data, then you can specify/revoke who-does-what with it.

fragmede 1y ago

Comcast renting out wifi hardware to all of their customers, and already bringing that technology to the masses should be concerning to you then.

transpute 1y ago
Sensing is (sadly) already part of Wi-Fi 7. If you have a recent Intel, AMD or Qualcomm device from the past few years, it's likely physically capable of detecting human presence and/or activity (e.g. breathing rate, keystrokes, hand gestures). It can also be done with $20 ESP32 devices + OSS firmware. The open questions are on custody and legal usage of CSI measurements, not their existence.
wlesieutre 1y ago
But think of how much money they can make by selling your health data to insurance companies!
throwway120385 1y ago
Yet another tool for our surveillance capitalism overlords to figure out when people are having sex.
- lo_zamoyski 1y ago
  Alexa: "I sounds like you're having sex. Would you like me to play Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in D minor on Spotify and schedule a breakfast delivery through GrubHub?"

bluGill 1y ago

I don't want the data under my control - I want it under my doctors control. Except if it decects a coming heart attack or such, then notify every emt.

transpute 1y ago
If you have control of your data, then you can delegate to doctors, EMT or other agents.
- bluGill 1y ago
  I want my doctor as agent to delegate to other specialists without consulting me. Most of the time it isn't needed but I don't want to be bothered for 'just double checking this is nothing' which should happen at times.
  - transpute 1y ago
    When you say, "I want", you need initial data control to give that instruction. You can delegate to your doctor the right to delegate to other specialists without consulting you. Other humans can delegate to the agents of their choice. This is why the first step is for you to have control of your data, then you can specify/revoke who-does-what with it.