My household is under surveillance by law enforcement (in Canada) because of someone I share housing with. I will not speak of this person or their specific situation because it has nothing to do with me and I think they are being unfairly targeted. I’m not in a position where I can just move. I do …

Okay. A lot of great comments and advise thus far about what you can or should do if possible. So I’ll try to give you some other kinds of advice along with what others have suggested. [image] jonah: Honestly seems like a situation where you should find a lawyer, or a consultant to sit down an…

[image] fria: There’s an attack on WPA2 where you intentionally kick your devices off the WiFi so you can capture the hashed key when you try to reconnect Do you mean this how someone could gain unauthorized access to our wireless network? Or are you suggesting this is what I should do to rem…

[image] jonah: Honestly seems like a situation where you should find a lawyer, or a consultant to sit down and go through this with you one on one. Consulting is not a service we provide I appreciate that, yes I do recognize nobody here can consult or give legal advice. I don’t believe they a…

[image] tiredMuppet: Do you mean this how someone could gain unauthorized access to our wireless network? Or are you suggesting this is what I should do to remove unauthorized access? Yes they could be trying to crack your WiFi password so they can get on your network and see all your devices…

[image] fria: enable the firewall on all your devices, on iOS and Android it’s on by default What is ON on Android by default? A firewall? [image] tiredMuppet: how they might be surveilling me and how I can protect my privacy If the LEAs have physical access to where you live or your …

[image] ignoramous: you’d have no choice but to replace all of it That seems really over-the-top, especially if you’re not even the target of the surveillance.

[image] fria: Yes they could be trying to crack your WiFi password so they can get on your network and see all your devices. WPA3 only mode will prevent this attack, its much more secure than WPA2. Ok I understand now thanks for explaining that. Our WiFi network uses a gateway and firmware is…

[image] ignoramous: If the LEAs have physical access to where you live or your devices or your property, you’d have no choice but to replace all of it, and do so discreetly. As law-abiding citizens, there’s no permanent technological solution to socio-political problems; only Suits (like Jonah p…

[image] tiredMuppet: I understand now thanks for explaining that Careful though, @fria has edited their answer multiple times without clarification on why they did so. The section I replied to, which I believe they were incorrect about, doesn’t even exist anymore. This is reckless. I doubt ma…

[image] ignoramous: Careful though, @fria has edited their answer multiple times without clarification on why they did so. I removed a few words because yes it’s technically incorrect to say that iOS and Android have a firewall by default but it doesn’t matter as they block incoming connectio…

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ignoramous November 10, 2025, 1:52am 13

No. There’s no “firewall” on Android that’s enabled by default. All incoming connections are blocked but that doesn’t mean installed apps can’t punch hole through it (they can; as that’s how P2P stuff even works on Android).

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