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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Any open source implementations of this?

[–] Squiddork@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah this has been around for some time now, here's a paper on the implementation of it.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00250

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm guessing it assumes you're carrying your phone and infers motion from changes in the signal?

Or just uses the phone connecting and disconnecting to signal departure and arrival, in which case Home Assistant has done that for awhile now.

It seems to be using the WiFi signal to β€œscan” you