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minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoTV’s have been spotted connecting to open networks on their own. They could easily look for alternative routes.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoSource? Either way, open networks are very uncommon in residential areas (and honestly in general)
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoSource that… a computer with wifi hardware can scan for wifi networks?
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoSource that it happens obviously. You claimed that they connected to open networks.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25275350 https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/16s29qt/a_disconnected_hisense_tv_found_a_way_to_connect/
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoThat is just a bunch of more speculation.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-211 months agoNo, there is no proof of it happening and it’s extremely likely to be coincidences or even made up. It’s the internet after all.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoThe Cox active listening website was just observation and dismissed until an article was written about that too.
TV’s have been spotted connecting to open networks on their own. They could easily look for alternative routes.
Source?
Either way, open networks are very uncommon in residential areas (and honestly in general)
Source that… a computer with wifi hardware can scan for wifi networks?
Source that it happens obviously.
You claimed that they connected to open networks.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25275350
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/16s29qt/a_disconnected_hisense_tv_found_a_way_to_connect/
That is just a bunch of more speculation.
* observation
No, there is no proof of it happening and it’s extremely likely to be coincidences or even made up. It’s the internet after all.
The Cox active listening website was just observation and dismissed until an article was written about that too.