I remember when they would call you a lunatic for saying this kind of tracking was possible.
Now it’s in commercial products as a feature.
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Jesus
no extra cost?
what a good deal
Lmao
Wifi can do more they just detect motion
I member. Hard wire with Ethernet ports folks
Lots of routers these days don't have the option to turn off WiFi but you can block it with mylar emergency blankets (like the ones for camping)
Phones are very noisy and have been for some time.
Finally, I can detect the ghosts of my deceased ancestors.
believe me when I say it's been in use for longer than people realize.
Was lead paint really toxic or just a barrier that blocked things like this from happening?
Dude what a mind fuck
It's pretty wild how you can map an area with WiFi.
Sheeple love their digital leashes
I must say, that's pretty scary.
Phased array antenna magic ✨. WiFi, 5G, advanced radar ... they're all basically the same thing
Ii remember when the first research paper came out of MIT with this idea, about a billion years ago
Yesterday's conspiracy theory is today's consumer service.
Everyone needs to switch to openWRT. It's not too hard. The easiest is a glinet router which uses openWRT but has a nice UI skin.
https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/wifi-motion-faqs
Monitoring/logging the the dampening of a WiFi signal between fixed WiFi items and WiFi router in your house assumes a person blocking the signal temporarily and can be used as an input for an early warning/notification system.
Same as a sudden change in infrared (heat) can be used to trigger a light to switch on. Like how a PIR sensor switch works.
There will be times the PIR will be triggered and the light goes on, but there's no person to be found. So it is by no means a verification that what triggered the switch was in fact a person.
kind of want to have this
TBF
I have it in my holiday home on my Plume router and use it to alert me if I have intruders 😂
And then what?
"Hello, Police? Yes, there's intruders in my holiday home. What... no... the WiFi router told me. "
16 hrs later...
"Hello, sir... Yes, we sent a patrol round. Yep, looks like all your stuff is gone and they've left a helluva mess... Yes... yes... human faeces on the floor. Ok then, have a nice day."
Police?
I have my own security team. I watch them patrol the compound using WiFi 😂
Shit… fortunately using xfinity is such a pain nobody should get one anyway.
I’d run the open source self hosted version of this
SWITCHING BACK TO ETHERNET ASAP. FASTER ANYWAY #FUCKCONVENIENCE
I don't like that 😳
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Some possible mitigations:
- Buy your own modem or modem/router combo for $50-100, if your ISP supports 3rd-party modems (most that I've used do)
- Buy your own router for $50-100, hardwire it to the ISP-provided modem; connect everything else only to your own router. This is possible with any ISP. If the ISP-provided device includes WiFi, disable it via the admin interface if possible
- If you aren't using the WiFi on the ISP-provided device, you can often unscrew the antennas (may not be 100% effective, but can't hurt)
- If you're more technically inclined, and your router sipports it, flash OpenWrt or similar open-source firmware
That would explain why my isp was providing free setup $35/month fiber. Thankfully i ditched the isp router immediately...