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  1. TOOL · Tom's Hardware English(EN) · · [2 sources]

    Researchers identify people through ordinary Wi-Fi routers with 99.5% accuracy — technique works with standard Wi-Fi routers

    Security researchers have developed a new technique called BFId that can identify individuals using standard Wi-Fi routers with 99.5% accuracy. This method exploits unencrypted beamforming feedback information (BFI) broadcast by Wi-Fi devices, requiring no access to the network and working even if the person has no wireless device. The researchers highlight that this technology, while powerful, poses significant privacy risks and advocate for stronger safeguards before Wi-Fi sensing becomes widely adopted. AI

    Researchers identify people through ordinary Wi-Fi routers with 99.5% accuracy — technique works with standard Wi-Fi routers

    IMPACT Raises privacy concerns and highlights the need for safeguards in emerging Wi-Fi sensing technologies.

  2. RESEARCH · arXiv cs.LG English(EN) · · [11 sources]

    Centralized vs Decentralized Federated Learning: A trade-off performance analysis

    Researchers are exploring new methods to improve federated learning, a technique for training models across decentralized data sources while preserving privacy. One approach, "Choose Wisely and Privately," uses mutual information and a Potential Federation Loss to proactively select clients whose data maximizes utility and fairness before training begins. Another study introduces a lightweight geometric signal to detect atypical clients by measuring how their local training diverges from the global model's functional behavior. Additionally, new theoretical work establishes general lower bounds for differentially private federated learning protocols and analyzes the trade-offs between centralized and decentralized federated learning architectures. AI

    Centralized vs Decentralized Federated Learning: A trade-off performance analysis

    IMPACT These advancements in federated learning could lead to more efficient and secure collaborative AI model training, particularly in scenarios with sensitive or distributed data.