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minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoTV’s have been spotted connecting to open networks on their own. They could easily look for alternative routes.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoSource? Either way, open networks are very uncommon in residential areas (and honestly in general)
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoSource that… a computer with wifi hardware can scan for wifi networks?
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoSource that it happens obviously. You claimed that they connected to open networks.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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-up1·2 years agoThat is just a bunch of more speculation.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years 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-up1·2 years 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.