The reason the FCC is only allowing the sale of state approved routers in the US?

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[–] 14 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

If you're technical you might like enjoy this article that explains how the tracking works. Basically the router can perform math on the interference created by objects moving around the room. It seems like this would have to be part of the router firmware, which doesn't sound like a standard feature. But if it is, the fix would be to install modified firmware with that function disabled. The smoking gun will be if somebody gets into DMCA trouble for doing this.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (3 children)

    that's not a sufficient fix when you are living very close to other households

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (2 children)

    A sufficient fix is not letting your wifi devices connect to your neighbor's network so their router can detect you walking between it and them.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    my devices don't, but unless I misunderstood it it does not matter whether you are connected to the neighbor's router

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Wifi tracking uses measurements of the interference caused when objects pass between connected devices and a router. For your neighbors to track your movements their router would have to be connected to a device in your house, or maybe in the other neighbor's house on the far side of your house, so when you walk around it interferes with that signal.

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