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submitted 1 year ago by errorlab@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I have this old TP-Link smart lightbulb, it’s the only thing that’s IoT and on WiFi in my house.

Looking through pfBlocker logs for fun, and noticed it’s been trying to connect to the Tor network.

Oh! Also, it’s been uploading and downloading 100+ MB of data a day.

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[-] errorlab@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

It's on it's own VLAN from the beginning. Wanted to poke around but never got to it.

I still have it connected, want to use for practice.

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good on you. I use the poor man's VLAN--guest Wi-Fi network to isolate my IoT devices.

[-] schwim@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

I hope you update the post with any info you find.

[-] errorlab@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Will do. It's part of a long list.

Don't know my ADHD will hyper focus on it tho haha

[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev -1 points 1 year ago

I have no idea of all the details, but in legal terms this is called "res ipsa loquitur" -- in this case, the fact that it clearly seems compromised is pretty solid evidence that it wasn't immune to compromise.

[-] errorlab@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Expected since TP-Link stopped updating them shortly after release.

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