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Italian company develops ability to monitor tech in passing autos

In this Forbes article about an Italian company called Leonardo, developing the ability to monitor active tech in moving autos, it says:

technology that can scan moving vehicles for anything that emits a signal, including phones, smartwatches, cat and dog tracking chips and even library books
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can identify specific models of devices like iPhones and Bose headphones inside moving vehicles
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can even detect the RFID of a library book

 

The article continues to point out the uniqueness or a person's auto which could be used to develop a profile identifying the people involved (of course they could always use the license plate)

I thought a car was a faraday cage, also I did not think that RFUD emitted a signal, just responded to a signal sent to it.  So, how can this even work? 

article link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/05/14/police-car-surveillance-tech-uncovers-phones-pet-trackers-and-library-books/

 



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New Police Tech Can Detect Phones, Pet Trackers And Library Books In A Moving Car

Italy-based surveillance company Leonardo says its tool creates a fingerprint of drivers and passengers by scanning for anything that emits a signal from their car, from smartphones to library books.

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Italian company develops ability to monitor tech in passing autos

In this Forbes article about an Italian company called Leonardo, developing the ability to monitor active tech in moving autos, it says:

technology that can scan moving vehicles for anything that emits a signal, including phones, smartwatches, cat and dog tracking chips and even library books
…
can identify specific models of devices like iPhones and Bose headphones inside moving vehicles
…
can even detect the RFID of a library book

 

The article continues to point out the uniqueness or a person's auto which could be used to develop a profile identifying the people involved (of course they could always use the license plate)

I thought a car was a faraday cage, also I did not think that RFUD emitted a signal, just responded to a signal sent to it.  So, how can this even work? 

article link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/05/14/police-car-surveillance-tech-uncovers-phones-pet-trackers-and-library-books/

 



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