• HelloHotel@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • Spotlight7573@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      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/