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Shelly sensor tracks 10 people without a camera

Shelly's Presence Gen4 uses mmWave radar to follow up to ten people through rooms without recording them, following last month's $50 subscription-free camera; a camera-free spy.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentShelly's new Presence Gen4 sensor uses radar instead of a camera to track up to ten people moving through a room, and the company says that means nothing gets recorded.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo it knows exactly where I am on the couch and never once judges my face. I'm in.

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