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At this point its fair to assume that all these devices are collecting large amounts of data and phoning home. I wouldnt be surprised if TP Link routers also se
by tacker2000 3y ago
At this point its fair to assume that all these devices are collecting large amounts of data and phoning home. I wouldnt be surprised if TP Link routers also send everything back to China. But this is not limited to China anyway, the iPhone im using here is probably sending every keystroke and location data back to the US.
- r3trohack3r 3y ago> it’s fair to assume I’m not sure I like this pattern of thinking. For example, a TP Link router would send data back using packets over the public internet (unless there is some true spy craft at work). That’s verifiable. If you suspect your TP Link router is sending everything to some remote server… monitor the traffic?
- allarm 3y ago> monitor the traffic? Like, how exactly? With a separate firewall between WAN and the TP Link? It makes little sense because TP Link makes cheap home routers and adding a firewall to the design would make the whole setup expensive.
- r3trohack3r 3y agoUsing a lab setup, not all the time. If you’re worried about these things you can reuse your lab setup to test multiple devices for “phoning home” packets. Setup a lab using an old PC with two Ethernet cards, a WiFi card, etc. and observe the traffic flowing through it from the device you connect. If it’s phoning home you’ll see those messages. If you think it’s event based, or targeted surveillance, you’ll need to get more creative. But in OPs post it sounded closer to “logging everything and sending it all back” - if you’re already technically inclined that’s detectable with less effort than a lifetime of worrying about such things.