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this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2024
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Is it okay to start covering things with tinfoil yet?, I have herd rumors that these "smart" things are so internet access horny they will steal the negbors guest wifi.
Something like Amazon Sidewalk could be used by a device to send back telemetry theoretically but I haven't heard of it actually being used for that. Connecting to an open Wi-Fi network or through some partnership with an ISPs (like Xfinity) seems like the easiest thing a device could do though.
https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk/
Oh man, I forgot about that beutiful thing.
What in the actual fuck