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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by thesuitonym on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @09:35AM (#44433788)
> They show up. I've worked on privacy legislation at the state and local level. Barely anybody calls or writes in support.

This is by design. A lot of people talk about RTO in regards to business real estate but there's also the aspect of keeping people so busy and exhausted that they don't show up when it matters.

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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @11:22AM (#44434808)
> there's also the aspect of keeping people so busy and exhausted that they don't show up when it matters

This would make sense if people didn’t show up for anything. They do. Including very overworked folks.

The unfortunate truth is the people most interested in privacy overlap significantly with the politically nihilistic and lazy. They’ve never called their elected or shown up to a town hall and, moreover, never will, because of course it’s useless.

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Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion by throw10920 on Sunday July 06, 2025 @01:36PM (#44482582)
This is a wild claim. Do you have any evidence at all for this?
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