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Wi-Fi signals can be used to control the home

A study at the University of Washington has found that the Wi-Fi signals around your house could be manipulated without additional hardware.

Existing hardware could be programmed with “Wi-See” to recognise user gestures.

Wi-Fi signals coming from a computer or smartphone would be intercepted by the user, before being bounced back to the Wi-Fi modem.

Read more at University of Washington

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