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> grant the fucker an internet connection over BT, it starts to rat on you Or it does that by itself, with a mesh network that your neighbours have setup by ac
by gopalv 5y ago
> grant the fucker an internet connection over BT, it starts to rat on you
Or it does that by itself, with a mesh network that your neighbours have setup by accident with their Alexa or Ring - Amazon Sidewalk is an amazing end-run around your own firewall rules.
- isoprophlex 5y agoThanks for giving me another invention to be angry about, haha. Makes you wonder about the opportunities for poisoning of Sidewalk networks, just to get some petty revenge.
- clairity 5y agothat's not petty, that's downright patriotic. we have an inalienable right to privacy, security, and liberty, and absolutely no obligation to let companies (or governments) invade or curtail those rights.
- DaiPlusPlus 5y ago> we have an inalienable right to privacy, security, and liberty I assume you’re referring to the US constitution. The rights you’re referring to constrain the government, not companies. You do not have a legal right to privacy w.r.t. your TV spying on you.
- clairity 5y agono, not just the constitution, it's inalienable because it's intrinsic to being civilized people, not because some piece of paper says so. on the contrary, companies have no right to spy on us.
- DaiPlusPlus 5y agoYet they seem to be able to keep on doing it just fine.
- clairity 5y agoso people still kicking dogs makes it ok? note that a right isn't a passive trait, but an active assertion. every time we give in to what's easy, we lose a little bit of our rights. you maintain rights by speaking out and living by them. we wouldn't need a second amendment were that not the case (n.b., i don't personally own nor desire a gun).
- krustymeathead 5y agoI wonder when home security setups will start including a Faraday cage, at least for certain rooms or areas.
- rightbyte 5y agoIt seems way simpler to short the wifi antenna or something than to redo the walls? Bluetooth is probably harder to fix though, if the TV has that.
- bick_nyers 5y agoIf you build it into all of the exterior facing walls, you can use a cell range extender to tunnel a data connection inside your house, and also similarly with a Wi-Fi AP connected via Ethernet, in the event that you want Wi-Fi signal outside your home as well. Actually, when I build my next house in 5-10 years I think I might do exactly this
- vineyardmike 5y agoNot gunna lie, i'm looking at building/remodelling a home in the next few years, and i'm seriously considering foiling the walls of some rooms just to build a faraday cage.