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It seems that it could be a pretty big deal to people who toss their old devices in their curbside trash to upgrade or otherwise discard their old Echo devices.
by voxadam 4y ago
It seems that it could be a pretty big deal to people who toss their old devices in their curbside trash to upgrade or otherwise discard their old Echo devices.
Most people don't have the background to understand that attacks like this are possible. Hell, the other day I almost chucked a couple of old 11n era APs flashed with OpenWRT into the trash until I remembered that there's some incredibly sensitive data (SSID, key, logs, etc.) stored in a manner that likely wouldn't hold up to a physical attack.
I do have the understanding of attacks like this and in a moment of haste to decluter my home office I nearly opened myself up to an attack like the one described in this post.
- josephg 4y agoAre wireless network passwords really that important? What is the threat model here? I’m trying to figure out the downside risk. Someone finds out your wireless password, figures out your address via an AGPS lookup and then … drives to your house and what? Steals your internet? Projects something on your smart tv? Turns your insecure smart lights on and off? I can imagine that being effective as part of a complex spear phishing attack against a celebrity or something. But if someone dumpster dives and ends up finding my wifi password, why should I care?
- tspike 4y agoIdentity theft is the first thing that comes to mind