It honestly makes sense to me they’d go for the hardware over the software. What better way to poison the well where nothing much can be done to stop it?
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What’s worse, it really comes down to the actual signals being sent. They can tell where you are in the house based on how your WiFi is bouncing off of objects in your house. So even if you manage to source perfect hardware, the moment you start getting any kind of signal, they can detect it.