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RSSI is just signal strength. Tracking it allows you to approximately triangulate where people are so you can say "ID #xxxx was closest to the first floor east
by AlotOfReading 4y ago
RSSI is just signal strength. Tracking it allows you to approximately triangulate where people are so you can say "ID #xxxx was closest to the first floor east stairwell at 10:02am". Maybe nothing is done with that data, but it's ultimately a surveillance system and enables all the potential abuses that can entail.
- mhh__ 4y agoI know what RSSI is, it seems like complete nonsense even pretending this is for energy efficiency if you have to keep track of where the non-staff are anyway - or is the people-tracking just an optional extra?
- ska 4y agoI think people tracking was just an optional extra/add-on. It sounds like the RSSI signal was there in the first place to set up the mesh based on what other lights had active sensors...