A group of researchers at the University of Waterloo have turned a $20 drone into a terrifying implication about the future of surveillance. The drone hack, which is being called “Wi-Peep” by the researchers, was presented at the 28th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking. The name is deceptively cute, especially when you think about what this thing is capable of.
The Wi-Peep drone hack is not only capable of scanning wi-fi devices in your home, but also of triangulating the location of those devices within your home, too. That means that this drone hack could essentially pinpoint the possible location of users on mobile devices, simply by looking through the walls of the home. Of course, this isn’t the first issue we’ve seen with surveillance systems in recent years.
But, it is a terrifying thought. And it’s even more terrifying to think of something like this being made possible just with a $20 off-the-shelf drone.
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