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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by lovich on Monday June 30, 2025 @09:32PM (#44429727)
Technical and legal solutions are for different classes of problems.

Encryption is a technical solution trying to solve the problem of people being able to steal your data/money without your knowledge.

The law/police are the solution to the 5 dollar wrench problem, where you are very aware of the attack but unable to physically stop it

Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by scarface_74 on Monday June 30, 2025 @11:29PM (#44430297)
And the law can’t stop someone from using a $5 wrench before the harm is done…
Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by lovich on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @02:07AM (#44431059)
I don’t expect the law to prevent the crime. Much like my comment you replied to, I recognize different tools are for different situations.

The law is there to enforce the “rule of law”

It’s a little ambiguous because the phrase is in English and doesn’t match up 1:1 with the common vernacular, but I want the “rule of law” to enforce that the rules are real, not to prevent someone from testing their existence