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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by SamaraMichi on Monday June 30, 2025 @09:16PM (#44429640)
Can't help but imagine a reality where this is widespread and people resort to installing radio reflective curtains/decorations that freely move with slight ambient air currents in an effort to scramble the reflections and make it as hard as they can to measure.

Something like a belly dance belt around the router could also work.

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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by transpute on Monday June 30, 2025 @10:16PM (#44429967)
Other options:

  - Shielded rooms + wired networking
  - Shielded rooms + Li-Fi (wireless with light instead of radio)
Humans who want some rooms of their house to be non-transparent will need either new construction or to retrofit shielding, e.g. QuietRock drywall.
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