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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by HeavenFox on Monday June 30, 2025 @06:24PM (#44428579)
For home / away purposes it's easier to just detect if your phone is connected to the network. I built something like that before by shipping the log from my UniFi controller to a RPi and listen for events where my phone's MAC address connect or disconnnect.
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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by TechDebtDevin on Monday June 30, 2025 @11:52PM (#44430425)
This doesn't really tell you if someone without your wifi password is rummaging through your house while you're not there. Also wifi is not the right tool for this lol
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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by account42 on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @10:41AM (#44444355)
> Also wifi is not the right tool for this lol

Why? It's already there and reliable.

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