By enabling the new Xfinity Wi-Fi motion sensing tech, Comcast says it may disclose information generated from a customer’s use of the feature to outside parties under a broad array of reasons — and Comcast also says it doesn’t have to tell you.
More: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/comcast-adds-motion-sensing-to-millions-of-its-newer-routers-with-a-privacy-catch/
Ad-block bypass: https://web.archive.org/web/20260818164350/https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/comcast-adds-motion-sensing-to-millions-of-its-newer-routers-with-a-privacy-catch/
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