this has been here for like 30 years, they do it with light posts all the time and a few other things
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Wi-Fi devices set to become object sensors by 2024 under planned 802.11bf standard
(www.theregister.com)
Maybe not as a commercial product though?
I remember reading an article about this wall penetrating wifi sense a couple years ago:
And worse still, he argues, such tracking can be done surreptitiously because Wi-Fi signals can penetrate walls, don't require light, and don't offer any visible indicator of their presence.