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Wifi Sensing Sees Through Walls (takebackourtech.org)
submitted 1 month ago by Pssk@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Impromptu2599@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Then didn't use their router or access points

[-] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

🙁

[-] Chulk@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

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

[-] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Kind of like Verizon was hyping, for firefighters and first responders, on their 5G commercials in 2018?

[-] aurelar@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago
[-] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Found one similar to what I was thinking of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlaRliaEIQY

[-] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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?

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