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Andrew@andrew.masto.host to Privacy Guides@lemmy.one · 3 months ago

The spies in your home: How WiFi companies monitor your private life

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The spies in your home: How WiFi companies monitor your private life

Andrew@andrew.masto.host to Privacy Guides@lemmy.one · 3 months ago
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The spies in your home: How WiFi companies monitor your private life

https://proton.me/blog/wifi-surveillance

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  • Docus@lemmy.world
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    WTF is a wifi company? Next up: how a cat5 company can protect your privacy??

    • Canadian_Cabinet @lemmy.ca
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      They’re singling out a single company that makes these WiFi pod thingies

  • noodlejetski@lemm.ee
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    TL;DR “buy our VPN”

    • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
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      There are a number of other options listed, but that is one of them.

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      A VPN wouldn’t even help there. The spies are not in front of your door, but directly in your house.

  • tudor@lemmy.world
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    Buy your own router. Ditched my ISP modem, never looked back. The control, the features, all of it is now necessary to me.

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