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Comcast turns your Xfinity WiFi into a home motion detector (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 2 months ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub [B] to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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Comcast is promoting WiFi-based motion detection as a part of its new Xfinity Shield home protection platform, allowing routers and wireless devices to detect people moving through a home without cameras or motion sensors. [...]

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[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Time to wrap the modem in foil

EDIT: it takes way more foil than you’d think to block the ssids from being seen. Make sure to get the top and bottom of the device as well.

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