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Comcast turns your Xfinity WiFi into a home motion detector (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 1 day ago by just_another_person@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Make no mistake, this is 100% going to be Comcast's alternative to more expensive surveillance options a la Flock, or workplace presence sensor arrays.

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[–] INeedANewUserName@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I tried... Comcast would "forget" the modem 3 times a month and would have to call and read them the MAC address again etc... fuck Comcast

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

So glad I was able to get an alternate ISP. A good chunk of my life, Comcast was the only high speed ISP in the area.

[–] INeedANewUserName@piefed.social 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If alternatives to Comcast were available was something I have been willing to pay higher rent for in my life.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, I had a company called Wave that was since bought by or rebranded to Astound. I've had it about 8 years, and had maybe 2 outages. It's night and day.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Probably a modem problem honestly. I've been on and off comcast a few times and 3 different modems over the years. Only issue I've had were when my old ones got too out dated.

[–] INeedANewUserName@piefed.social 2 points 15 hours ago

Possible that one was too new at the time but they claimed to support it was at the start of docsis 3.1 iirc as I had a similar issue with an older docsis 3.0 first

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

What if you just use it as a pass through by plugging it into their router and then wrap theirs in foil?

[–] INeedANewUserName@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I did have my own router and wifi at the time never wrapped theirs in foil tho... but I suppose why not... fear of overheating I suppose