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Comment by petarb

4 years ago

I want my Wi-Fi to deliver me fast internet access, not track my position. Have a feeling this will be used for il-intent and monetized by future routers

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Haemm0r  4 years ago

+1

As many APs today are already cloud dependent I can totally see where all the sensed data will be stored and out of the owners control.

  • SV_BubbleTime  4 years ago

    I’m skeptical there are customers really asking for this.

    • klabb3  4 years ago

      If there's one thing I learnt the last decade, it's to not underestimate how even the shittiest of tech, like a smart fridge or an iot juice press, will become must-haves for the consuming class. In this case, perhaps it's "find my keys", "alert me when my toddler wakes up", "metaverse body tracking", etc/whatever.

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    • mschuster91  4 years ago

      Customers also didn't ask for even more ads and tracking in their TV, but they did ask for cheaper devices - the result is that you'll have to shell out serious bucks for "digital signage"-style displays if you want to live in peace.

    • ezconnect  4 years ago

      Warehouse and asset tracking and management is the number customer of this technology. On consumer router this will be just a marketing bullet points. Find your car key were you always put them but forgot.

  • charcircuit  4 years ago

    How would this be useful? Collecting the average distance away from an access point someone uses their phone or whatever?

    • mulmen  4 years ago

      “You seem to spend a lot of time in your bathroom, would you like to try one of these laxatives from our partners?”

      “Your honor, wifi data clearly shows the defendant was…”

    • transpute  4 years ago

      Similar motivations as gait recognition or accelerometer data harvesting as proxy for other human actions.

slmjkdbtl  4 years ago

What are you talking about, providing you fast internet access doesn't maximize the benefit for me and my shareholders. We need your exact location, eye movement, and heart rate every second so we can do better invasive target advertisements, or sell these to other companies.

charcircuit  4 years ago

But tracking your position allows it to give you fast internet access.

  • selfhoster11  4 years ago

    I don't need more than a few hundred megabits on the go, thank you very much. If I want to go faster, and Ethernet cable is always a faster solution with less moving parts.