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The reason the FCC is only allowing the sale of state approved routers in the US?

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[โ€“] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

If you're technical you might like enjoy this article that explains how the tracking works. Basically the router can perform math on the interference created by objects moving around the room. It seems like this would have to be part of the router firmware, which doesn't sound like a standard feature. But if it is, the fix would be to install modified firmware with that function disabled. The smoking gun will be if somebody gets into DMCA trouble for doing this.

[โ€“] Niiru@feddit.org 3 points 10 hours ago

New person in room detected, please drink verification can.