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This is all horrific, but I was especially shocked by 6 so I read that. This seems to be only someone asking if this may happen, and no one answering that it wo
by kall 5y ago
This is all horrific, but I was especially shocked by 6 so I read that. This seems to be only someone asking if this may happen, and no one answering that it would.
Of course this is the point of Amazon Sidewalk, so in due time, it probably will.
- snvzz 5y agoI would expect a friendly nearby neighbor's TV which has network to be able to act as access point for other TVs surveillance facilities. They can technically do it, and I totally expect them to be doing it already.
- lvass 5y agoThe cheapest TV models mention access point as a feature nowadays, they're targeted to hotel rooms.
- everybodyknows 5y agoNeighbor's TV, neighbor's Amazon Echo or Ring doorbell: https://www.tomsguide.com/reference/what-is-amazon-sidewalk https://www.tomsguide.com/reference/what-is-amazon-sidewalk
- imglorp 5y agoOkay, I found a better link. Here's a sighting in action: https://web.archive.org/web/20210830002600/https://forum.developer.samsung.com/t/if-you-choose-to-not-connect-your-samsung-smart-tv-to-wifi-it-will-secretly-connect-to-your-neighbours-passwordless-wifi/7926 https://web.archive.org/web/20210830002600/https://forum.dev... Also two other observations. First, there is means: unsecured and public groups like xfinity, sidewalk, fios via some business deal maybe. Also in the means column is a full linux machine, totally possible (not saying it's happening but possible) to run Kismet all day in the background to look for auth. There's all kinds of pocket doodads at Defcon doing this. Second is motive: your data as revenue is the these things are getting so cheap. Why would they leave free cash on the table?