Xfinity wi-fi home security? How real is it?

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philb2

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Last few weeks I have heard a lot of podcast ads for this service. It sounds too good to be true. How does it work?
 
vegeta535 said:
How secure can it be when there is a b a ck door thay allows people to piggy back off your wifi connection? Also Comcast sucks hairy ballz.
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Which is why I use my own cable modem and separate wifi + Ethernet mesh router
 
As the OP, I didn't expect this thread to become yet another comcast-sucks thread. Plenty of those here.
 
Why would anyone still on a tech forum in the year of 2026 use an ISP security service for any purpose? I think you'll find very few answers.
 
kydsid said:
Why would anyone still on a tech forum in the year of 2026 use an ISP security service for any purpose? I think you'll find very few answers.
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I am certainly not using this. I was just curious about how this works? Radar? Like I said earlier I have my own cable modem and wifi router. Pfui to comcast stuff.
 
It uses the internet and then some sort of wireless sensors--pretty much like any self-install security system these days. Is it real security? imo, no because anyone with a wireless jammer can defeat it instantly. Real security is always hard wired.
 
Oh and when you're hearing ads and they make it sound too good to be true--it is else they wouldn't need the ads.
 
philb2 said:
Last few weeks I have heard a lot of podcast ads for this service. It sounds too good to be true. How does it work?
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It does not use cameras, microphones, or separate hardware sensors. Instead, it uses Wi-Fi sensing technology (Wi-Fi echolocation)
 
SamirD said:
. Is it real security? imo, no because anyone with a wireless jammer can defeat it instantly. Real security is always hard wired.
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I suspected that there were fatal flaws. Thanks for pointing this out. I'm going to guess that most reviewers will not understand this issue.
 
Rondph said:
It does not use cameras, microphones, or separate hardware sensors. Instead, it uses Wi-Fi sensing technology (Wi-Fi echolocation)
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Uhhh...to do what exactly? Spy on the occupants of the house?
 
philb2 said:
If you have teenagers, it's also a great way to see what they are doing in "private." :D:ROFLMAO:
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So it can 'see' through walls? Is this like the echolocation phone thing that Morgan Freeman's character gave Batman? :ROFLMAO:
 
SamirD said:
So it can 'see' through walls? Is this like the echolocation phone thing that Morgan Freeman's character gave Batman? :ROFLMAO:
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From what I read, it'll monitor the signal and alert if it's disturbed. So not quite echolocation.
 
hity645 said:
From what I read, it'll monitor the signal and alert if it's disturbed. So not quite echolocation.
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I bet a lot of things could technically disturb this too considering how unstable it can be just for wireless devices.
 
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