Comcast, US internet giant and service provider rolled out a “WiFi motion” feature to millions of customer routers. Once customers enable it, they’ll be able to detect motion in their homes and get notifications.
  • The Bard in Green@lemmy.starlightkel.xyzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I feel like there’s probably a way I could do the same thing without Comcrap as a middleman. Anyone written libraries for doing this kind of thing with an openwrt box and a bunch of Linux machines?

  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
    292·
    4 days ago

    Sounds cool, but I sure as fuck don’t want my ISP to be marshalling this data.

    • The Bard in Green@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz
      4·
      2 days ago

      And yes, reading through Xfinity’s privacy policy indicates they do monitor the WiFi motion data, and will share it with law enforcement or other third parties without notifying you.

      🙁

    • 8adger@lemmy.worldEnglish
      55·
      4 days ago

      Then didn’t use their router or access points

  • stink@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    11·
    4 days ago

    Not only is this a threat to your privacy but can impact your helath, as over-exposure to EMF has been linked to anxiety, fatigue, cancer, and many other bio-markers of poor health.

    Oh brother this guy stinks!

    The tech itself is interesting though. Triangulation of users indoors and outdoors is already possible

    Times Square even uses it by offering free Wi-Fi. If a bunch of 50 year old white men connect to the wifi and are in the same spot, they’ll put up a fishing ad or some other shi.

  • Chulk@lemmy.mlEnglish
    111·
    4 days ago

    I’ve always wondered if this sort of tech could scale to 5g towers for mass surveillance purposes