4 ms·

Because of security. You do not know how exploitable the setup is. There were instances when these appliances connected to open Wifis and called home. Imagine s

Because of security. You do not know how exploitable the setup is. There were instances when these appliances connected to open Wifis and called home. Imagine same but attacker doing a drive by with open Wifi.

VoidWhisperer 4y ago
If it will try to connect to any open wifi, I can definitely see why'd you want to disable the wifi at a hardware level, since at that either you let it connect to the internet in its own, insecure way, or use your secured wifi network - in both cases it'll phone home.
nagonago 4y ago
What would a hacker possibly have to gain stealing data from smart fridges? Blackmail you with evidence that you don't buy free-range eggs?
- StreamBright 4y ago
  Well there are few options. I am not a black hat and my imagination is not as vivid but I think if somebody makes my fridge turn off is bad enough. More sophisticated attackers might use it as a vector to get in to your home network. Not sure.
- VoidWhisperer 4y ago
  All it takes is the fridge having one vulnerability that is exploitable by it connecting to the network and suddenly your fridge is part of a botnet..
- kergonath 4y ago
  It’s another possible vector to infiltrate other devices on the network. Like smart bulbs, smart switches, security cameras, smart scales, and what have you. It is not difficult to imagine a scenario in which the fridge is the weakest link. A smart fridge can also be botnetisied like any of these.
- rejor121 4y ago
  You’d be amazed how the smallest amount of information can be used to invade your privacy. I don’t know how fridges with WiFi works. But considering the rumors about connecting to open Wi-Fi connections automatically, let’s start from there. 1) What if a so-called smart fridge keeps a list of items you have stored in your fridge? Maybe there are temperature settings for different zones. Maybe a default is listed as “eggs”. Ok, now you know that, presumably, your target really likes eggs. So much that he Selects that temperature by default. Now you know what to look for to make potential physical contact with your target. 1) where is nearest store with eggs? 2) how often does he open and close the fridge? Maybe the data stored keeps that data. From there, you can guess how often your target may run out of eggs if he buys them a dozen at a time and opens the fridge every morning for breakfast. 3) you have three stored within cycling / driving range. You go to one of them to wait for your target. Next scenario: You connect to the fridges open Wi-Fi connection automatically. Oh, jackpot! This fridge has a camera in its screen! Now you have access to watch your target through the fridge camera. Next scenario: Maybe the fridge keeps a list of other Wi-Fi sourced it tried to access earlier. You can scan those and maybe try to guess passwords to break into those networks. I could go on.
- beachy 4y ago
  They could work out when you're home or not to burglarize your house.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]

VoidWhisperer 4y ago

If it will try to connect to any open wifi, I can definitely see why'd you want to disable the wifi at a hardware level, since at that either you let it connect to the internet in its own, insecure way, or use your secured wifi network - in both cases it'll phone home.

nagonago 4y ago

What would a hacker possibly have to gain stealing data from smart fridges? Blackmail you with evidence that you don't buy free-range eggs?

StreamBright 4y ago
Well there are few options. I am not a black hat and my imagination is not as vivid but I think if somebody makes my fridge turn off is bad enough. More sophisticated attackers might use it as a vector to get in to your home network. Not sure.
VoidWhisperer 4y ago
All it takes is the fridge having one vulnerability that is exploitable by it connecting to the network and suddenly your fridge is part of a botnet..
kergonath 4y ago
It’s another possible vector to infiltrate other devices on the network. Like smart bulbs, smart switches, security cameras, smart scales, and what have you. It is not difficult to imagine a scenario in which the fridge is the weakest link. A smart fridge can also be botnetisied like any of these.
rejor121 4y ago
You’d be amazed how the smallest amount of information can be used to invade your privacy. I don’t know how fridges with WiFi works. But considering the rumors about connecting to open Wi-Fi connections automatically, let’s start from there. 1) What if a so-called smart fridge keeps a list of items you have stored in your fridge? Maybe there are temperature settings for different zones. Maybe a default is listed as “eggs”. Ok, now you know that, presumably, your target really likes eggs. So much that he Selects that temperature by default. Now you know what to look for to make potential physical contact with your target. 1) where is nearest store with eggs? 2) how often does he open and close the fridge? Maybe the data stored keeps that data. From there, you can guess how often your target may run out of eggs if he buys them a dozen at a time and opens the fridge every morning for breakfast. 3) you have three stored within cycling / driving range. You go to one of them to wait for your target. Next scenario: You connect to the fridges open Wi-Fi connection automatically. Oh, jackpot! This fridge has a camera in its screen! Now you have access to watch your target through the fridge camera. Next scenario: Maybe the fridge keeps a list of other Wi-Fi sourced it tried to access earlier. You can scan those and maybe try to guess passwords to break into those networks. I could go on.
beachy 4y ago
They could work out when you're home or not to burglarize your house.
deleted 4y ago
[deleted]