Master’s Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking • In the New Era of the Internet of Things Even Your Breathing Rate is Not Private
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.
Zihan Chen, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Omid Abari
This thesis shows a new type of attack that can secretly gather private measurements from the target. Wi-sneak is a stealthy reconnaissance attack which utilizes the ambient WiFi signal and ubiquitous WiFi-enabled devices without compromising any packets or WiFi networks.