Comcast turns your Xfinity WiFi into a home motion detector

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.

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/comcast-turns-your-xfinity-wifi-into-a-home-motion-detector/

PSA: If you can afford your own a retail router, it’s always a better idea than using the one provided by your ISP. Make no mistake, Xfinity is absolutely collecting (and probably selling) data on the traffic of every device on your network.

Xfinity is absolutely collecting (and probably selling) data on the traffic of every device on your network.

They’re doing that anyway via the modem. Unless you are tunnelling everything your ISP sees every byte you send.