Scientists in Germany have demonstrated a startling new form of surveillance: identifying people using nothing more than ordinary WiFi signals. By analyzing how radio waves bounce around a room, researchers can effectively “see” and recognize individuals — even if they are not carrying a device and even if their phone is turned off.
No. People here are conflating all routers (what our dumb dumb government forbade) with wifi access points, alleging that the wifi surveillance capability is the reason for the probibition.
In general talk, people mean Wifi access points when they talk about routers though. That’s what matters, not what it “really” means.