Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion

Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by idiotsecant on Monday June 30, 2025 @11:39PM (#44430348)

So use a vpn.

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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by mbreese on Monday June 30, 2025 @11:48PM (#44430409)

With a VPN, your ISP may not know where packets are going, but they can still see packets moving. So, unless your VPN is injecting dummy data to mask all patterns (possible, but not common), your ISP is going to have a good idea if someone is home or not.

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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by giantg2 on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @06:58AM (#44432605)

So does your power company with real-time meter monitoring. Masking that is much harder and would be more expensive if it's even possible.

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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by idiotsecant on Thursday July 03, 2025 @02:07PM (#44457702)

Creating useless traffic on a random schedule is pretty trivial.

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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by slt2021 on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @03:30AM (#44431490)

I have a better solution: just use your neighbour's wifi :P

pay him with a pack of beer

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