{"id":1360032,"date":"2022-03-05T13:55:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T18:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1360032"},"modified":"2022-03-05T13:55:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T18:55:14","slug":"nightmare-voyeurism-google-tech-can-read-your-body-language-without-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nightmare-voyeurism-google-tech-can-read-your-body-language-without-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Nightmare Voyeurism: Google Tech Can Read Your Body Language &#8211; Without Cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnightmare-voyeurism-google-tech-can-read-your-body-language-without-cameras%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1360032&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><em>Wired <\/em>reports that<em>\u00a0<\/em>Google\u2019s latest privacy-invading technology can read your body language without using cameras. One Google designer ominously commented,\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re really just pushing the bounds of what we perceive to be possible for human-computer interaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Wired<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/google-soli-atap-research-2022\/\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that Google\u2019s newest tech uses radar to detect users\u2019 body language and then performs actions based on its analysis. Google\u2019s Advanced Technology and Product division (ATAP) has reportedly spent over a year exploring how radar could be implemented in computers to understand humans based on their movements and to react to them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_14851802\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Google-CEO-Sundar-Pichai.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14851802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Google-CEO-Sundar-Pichai.jpg\" alt=\"Google CEO Sundar Pichai\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google CEO Sundar Pichai (pool\/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8582510\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sabo-Google.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8582510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sabo-Google.jpg\" alt=\"Sabo mocks Google CEO Sundar Pichai\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sabo mocks Google CEO Sundar Pichai (unsavoryagents.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Google has experimented with radar in its technology in the past. In 2015 the company released Soli, a sensor that can use radar\u2019s electromagnetic waves to analyze gestures and movements. This was first utilized in the Google Pixel 4 smartphone which could detect user hand gestures to turn off alarms or pause music without actually touching the device.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Now, this Soli sensor is being used in further research. Google\u2019s ATAP is reportedly investigating if radar sensor input can be used to directly control a computer.\u00a0Leonardo Giusti, head of design at ATAP, commented:\u00a0\u201cWe believe as technology becomes more present in our life, it\u2019s fair to start asking technology itself to take a few more cues from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A large part of the technology is based on proxemics, which is the study of how people utilize the space around them to mediate social interactions. For instance, getting closer to another person shows an increase in engagement and intimacy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wired<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Radar can detect you moving closer to a computer and entering its personal space. This might mean the computer can then choose to perform certain actions, like booting up the screen without requiring you to press a button. This kind of interaction already exists in current\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/gallery\/best-smart-displays\/\">Google Nest smart displays<\/a>, though instead of radar, Google employs\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.google\/products\/google-nest\/ultrasound-sensing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ultrasonic sound waves<\/a>\u00a0to measure a person\u2019s distance from the device. When a Nest Hub notices you\u2019re moving closer, it highlights current reminders, calendar events, or other important notifications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Proximity alone isn\u2019t enough. What if you just ended up walking past the machine and looking in a different direction? To solve this, Soli can capture greater subtleties in movements and gestures, such as body orientation, the pathway you might be taking, and the direction your head is facing\u2014aided by machine learning algorithms that further refine the data. All this rich radar information helps it better guess if you are indeed about to start an interaction with the device, and what the type of engagement might be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">This improved sensing came from the team performing a series of choreographed tasks within their own living rooms (they stayed home during the pandemic) with overhead cameras tracking their movements and real-time radar sensing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lauren Bedal, a senior interaction designer at ATAP, commented: \u201cWe were able to move in different ways, we performed different variations of that movement, and then\u2014given this was a real-time system that we were working with\u2014we were able to improvise and kind of build off of our findings in real time.\u201d She added: \u201cWe\u2019re really just pushing the bounds of what we perceive to be possible for human-computer interaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/google-soli-atap-research-2022\/\"><em>Wired<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wired reports that\u00a0Google\u2019s latest privacy-invading technology can read your body language without using cameras. 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