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I doubt that a sleazy airbnb host would be sophisticated enough to place a decoy router, and if they were, there's probably nothing I could do to stop them. My
by ndiscussion 8y ago
I doubt that a sleazy airbnb host would be sophisticated enough to place a decoy router, and if they were, there's probably nothing I could do to stop them.
My threat model would be the host trying to blackmail me and/or get their kicks from watching me.
A corporate or national actor isn't part of this model, because:
- I'm a low-priority target
- Prevent highly sophisticated attacks borders on impossible/maddening
- The likelihood of the creep is probably 10,000x more
I'm not sure unplugging the router would help, but I probably wouldn't find it very inconvenient either (depending on location).
Overall it's probably worth a quick try to locate and unplug it - if you can't find it, hedge your bets and try some other opsec techniques. Just my own approach.