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Device manufacturers are starting to build mesh networks so pretty soon your devices won't need to connect to your WiFi in order to phone home.
by rcme 4y ago
Device manufacturers are starting to build mesh networks so pretty soon your devices won't need to connect to your WiFi in order to phone home.
- evilduck 4y agoRemoving antennas from electronics isn't too hard, or worst case, physically damaging them or installing faraday cages. Seems like an interesting cottage industry that could bloom around intentionally stupifying your unwanted smart home.
- counttheforks 4y agoI'm sure they'll just throw error messages until they've managed to establish a connection. Device manufacturers have already shown they'd rather cripple your devices than respect your wishes.
- HeyLaughingBoy 4y agoAntennas on cheap consumer devices are often just a trace on the PC board. Still not that hard to remove (could just cut the trace), but harder to do without damaging anything than unplugging an external one.
- sizzzzlerz 4y agoEnclose your kitchen in a Faraday cage.
- LeifCarrotson 4y agoI was about to scoff that even if the oven, fridge, microwave, and dishwasher are all talking to each other, I'm not going to connect any of them to the Internet. But then I realized that my neighbor might connect his to the Internet, and that a low-bandwidth 433 or 900 MHz radio mesh can hop from house to house until it finds any house that's connected to the Internet. BRB, off to replace my drywall with a Faraday cage...
- uoaei 4y agoAmazon Sidewalk already does this. For what it's worth, they claim you can opt out. I'm not sure I trust that the transceiver is always off.