r/technology • u/Tech-100 • Aug 18 '26

Networking/Telecom Comcast is turning millions of its routers into motion detectors

https://www.theverge.com/news/981381/comcast-xfinity-shield-wifi-motion-sensing
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u/conte360 Aug 18 '26

It's opt in until people have forgotten, and then it will be opt out, and then once that frog is boiled, it'll be standard and you can't have it without it.

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u/exoriparian Aug 18 '26

Yeah plus it will default to on and they'll have 'accidental' instances where it just is on 'in error' that we'll find out about in 10 years when they get fined $300.

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u/techieman34 Aug 18 '26

Yep, anytime there is a firmware update it will automatically be switched back on “accidentally” along with a bunch of other tracking crap.

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u/Tiger_grrrl Aug 19 '26

Along those lines, did anyone else with an iPhone notice that some iteration of iOS ago, Apple quietly turned on a feature that lets Siri, their AI, LEARN FROM EVERYTHING YOU DO IN EVERY APP??? And there’s no global way to turn it off 🤬 You have to manually go into every damn app, including this one, and click that OFF. And every time you download an app, you have to do it again! About the only good thing is that when the latest iOS installed on my phone, it didn’t erase my preferences (which was probably an oversight on the part of some sad engineer who still has a job, so I should probably shut up 😹)

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Aug 18 '26

PSA the frog thing is entirely made up and doesn't make any sense at all.

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u/conte360 Aug 18 '26

Saying the frog this is made up, sure. I've never actually tried to boil a frog. Saying it doesn't make sense is on you. It's a well established metaphor, and it's clear what it's implying. The idea behind it absolutely makes sense.