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A bit of a dick move to remove the root password on an IOT device of a flat you only rent.

• caslon 3y ago
  It was completely non-functional before, so there's really no loss.
  • cm2187 3y ago
    I see half of the article about how he struggled to get the password, so not that dysfunctional.
    • caslon 3y ago
      It was powered off entirely! He had to replace a fuse to get it to have any baseline of functionality.
• denysvitali 3y ago
  Considering that: - the Wi-Fi is password protected - root privileges can already be granted via the "backdoor" - exactly as the author did I don't think it's a dick move, the device security wasn't decreased (or increased) since RCE was already possible via the tcf port
• n_plus_1_acc 3y ago
  The landlord didn't know what it was and apparently doesn't care at all.
• acdha 3y ago
  If it was powered off before, it’s clearly not a selling point of the apartment.