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		exabrial 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect... Yeah, disable that wifi on an device not controlled by you

damascus 5 months ago [–]

If they make the firmware there's no guarantee they aren't still doing it just without a broadcast SSID going along with it.

exabrial 5 months ago | [–]

I guess technically they don't need to use wifi, could just have a hidden microwave chip in it and use a non-wifi detection sysatem.

Great. Now super paranoid lol.

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