Here's my question about that, so I can clarify it in my own mind-----
When I click on the wi-fi symbol on the top corner of my laptop, the one that shows how many bars I have, a list drops down of all the wifi routers in the immediate area. [if I click on 'other networks]
And those networks shown are the ones closest to my own router. They show my neighbours networks, and if I had their passwords I could log in.
And if I take my laptop to a coffee shop, my list of 'other networks' will show the coffee shops wifi, and also the T-Mobile store's wifi from next store
So was Conclaves saying that the King House network would have shown up on BK's 'other network' wifi list because he was so close to the house they overlapped?
Yes. And people who know how to use their routers (not me) can actually look at who has been close enough to handshake it. Currently, I can "see" about 10 routers near my house. All of those are called (I think) "handshake protocols," the first step in one device contacting another - but to actually connect, a password is needed.
That's why I think Kohberger was no genius at digital forensics. He didn't even listen to the riveting podcast "To Live and Die in L.A." (in which a man murders someone and is totally brought down by his cell phone). I'm learning that there are way newer techniques used by the FBI and others to track cell phone data.
Early on, there was speculation here on this forum that perhaps the household had a wifi that perhaps anyone and everyone who visited the house could log on (bearing in mind number of visitors and parties) and as such maybe the pass code had been posted up on a notice board or such for anyone to see.
That led to some speculation that if BK had been able to access the wifi he could have been using it to remotely spy on the household -or- perhaps he had tech skills sufficient to hack into devices such as TV camera or other devices.
IIRC that then led to people concluding that were that to be the case, BK's device(s) data could have been noted by the wifi or household devices, and that anyway devices can 'see' each other and that is logged even if they're not attempting to connect... something I am way too techno baffled to comprehend but that's a bit of ancient history in the development of this theory for you
Even if they had their router on relative lockdown, and even if BK's phone could not connect, unless he did certain things to his own phone, that phone would be recorded as attempting a handshake with the 1122 router.
IOW, a device whose settings are "automatic join" (default for most devices) will reach out to routers within range.
I assume that Mr. Gonçalves was told they had leads from this process. They may have told him about correlations they were working on - but he surely knew. He is complying with the gag order IMO, so we don't know what he knows.
It is ancient history, but I think it behooves all of us to know that when we go to a grocery store with "free wifi," we are logged in their router/device records (and think of the ways in which that helps a business stay safe).
So in this case, now that they know the device number for Kohberger, they can trace him in yet another way (although it's not really needed - his phone pinged in Blaine, again in a few other places, then again at 1122 later on Sunday morning - and without being turned off - he retraced his drive from the night before - ending up ON CAMERA in an Albertson's and caught by an eyewitness near the Snake River).
I assume they now have the data from the businesses near where he parked, and from Albertson's, which will show that he was there. Indeed, the data from checkout at Albertson's is likely available (with more camera footage), and then he gets in his white Elantra and I wouldn't be surprised if there's video of that - and drives across the street, pausing without ordering at the coffee kiosk, then (IIRC) parking nearby (within a stone's throw of the Snake River - and quite near a campground on the River, with people coming and going; he wouldn't stand out).
IMO.
