The history of tech is the history of falling costs with mass production. Expensive TLA surveillance tech for nation states can become broadly accessible, e.g. through-wall WiFi radar sensing sold to millions via IEEE 802.11bf WiFi 7 Sensing in NPU/AI PCs [1], or USB implant cables [2] with a few zeros lopped off the TLA price.
Instead of adversary motives, threat models can be based on adversary costs.
As adversary costs fall, threat models need to evolve.
The history of tech is the history of falling costs with mass production. Expensive TLA surveillance tech for nation states can become broadly accessible, e.g. through-wall WiFi radar sensing sold to millions via IEEE 802.11bf WiFi 7 Sensing in NPU/AI PCs [1], or USB implant cables [2] with a few zeros lopped off the TLA price.
Instead of adversary motives, threat models can be based on adversary costs.
As adversary costs fall, threat models need to evolve.
[1] https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/27/1088154/wifi-sen...
[2] https://shop.hak5.org/products/omg-cable