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John Wright's avatar

Might as well build a house with glass walls. {smile}

Without digging into this... would it matter if you had your own WiFi or if surrounding or portable WiFi was used to "map" you? We can get excessively paranoid and still fail to stop the problem!

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MichaelH: Storyteller's avatar

I had the same thought. Could a external Wi-Fi system be put in close proximity on the exterior of a structure to map it and get real time movement/occupancy images?

People often times create things, with the best of intentions, out of sheer curiosity to see if they can actually make it happen. BUT, just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD. I can think of at least a handful of instances in history that this is absolutely true. Almost all of them come from the US government.

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John Wright's avatar

That's what I'd assume and it would probably be easier than hacking into your wifi (unless you are foolish enough to have a real simple password).

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MichaelH: Storyteller's avatar

You mean "Password123" is not a good password? 🤣

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John Wright's avatar

You might want to try "123456" 🤣

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MichaelH: Storyteller's avatar

AWSOME. Thanks! That should help keep out the criminals and government. 🤣

Edit: WELL...The government is FULL of criminals so I guess that was redundant.

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John Wright's avatar

'tis a criminal breeding ground. They go in possibly looking to help and come out hardened criminals... oh wait, they never come out. Lifetime criminals.

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Lisa Emm's avatar

No matter what we do, we are being monitored. Every debit/credit transaction is monitored and logged. Every phone call is logged. Every SMART device is being monitored - those "RING" and bluetooth security systems? PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Using one of those Apple wrist devices to "count steps," monitor blood pressure, heart rate, etc..........it's all a source of information that is being harvested whether it's legal or illegal.

The alternative is to turn everything off, head to the hills, live off of the grid (entirely, not YouTube-style), hunt meat, grow produce, and deed the acreage in the name of a fairy-tale character. I can't think of any other possible solution to the growing threat of technology and, in particular, artificial intelligence. Skeeeeery times, folks. Skeery times.

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